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ROY LAWRENCE MCDONALD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – May 7, 1969
Service recordRoy Lawrence McDonald, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 18
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 18
- ALTON STARLING ELLISSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- NORBERT MONTOYO-RODRIGUEZCorporal · May 7, 1969
- GARY BRUCE NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN PENNSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY PHILIP AGARSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 16
- JAMES ARTHUR BORDENSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 16
- PAUL DINNES MARTINEZ JRCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 17
- ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN PENNSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 18
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
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.