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WESLEY MCDONIAL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 12, 1935 – October 20, 1965
Service recordWesley McDonial, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 127
- JOSEPH DANIEL BAILEYSergeant First Class · October 20, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.