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WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1945 – February 9, 1968
Service recordWalter Raymond McDonald, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 56
- CHARLES PATRICK MCCAFFREYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JAMES GARRETT MILLERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN R BARFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 44
- BONNIE LEE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 47
- GARY DAVID HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 51
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 53
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 58
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 59
- WALTER RAYMOND WASCHICKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 63
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
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.