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WILLIAM E MCDONALD
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 3, 1930 – November 17, 1967
Service recordWilliam E McDonald, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 17, 1967, in Thailand, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 10
- MAURICE BROOKSSergeant · November 17, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS KOZIOLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1967
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DARRELL MCGRATHCaptain · November 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- REY L DUFFINCaptain · Panel 30E, Line 8
- KARL DIETER HEZELMajor · Panel 30E, Line 9
- THEODORE W JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 9
- MAX E NICHOLSMajor · Panel 30E, Line 11
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.