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RONALD IRVIN MCDONALD
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
May 21, 1949 – April 14, 1970
Service recordRonald Irvin McDonald, of New York, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 14, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 3
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 21, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 3
- HAROLD VAN CUMMINGS JRLance Corporal · April 14, 1970
- ALAN DALE HELMICKSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- JERRY WAYNE LOFTONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- PAUL FREDERICK SAYERSSergeant · April 14, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.