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WILLIAM FREDERICK MCDONALD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1942 – February 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Frederick McDonald, of Farmington, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Farmington, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 59
- STEPHEN ALAN MCCORKLEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- JERRY RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS ODOMPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
From Farmington
- RONALD JAMES LONGSergeant First Class · April 1, 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.