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THOMAS R MCDONALD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – September 11, 1969
Service recordThomas R McDonald JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 67
- JOSEPH SAMUEL BURRIS IIIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- GILBERTO BUSTAMANTECorporal · September 11, 1969
- REGINALD TYRONE BYRDSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
- JOHN HOLMES CAMP JRCaptain · September 11, 1969
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.