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WILLIAM HERBERT MCDONNELL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – January 24, 1969
Service recordWilliam Herbert McDonnell, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 71
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Newtown, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 71
- JAY BARRY LEVINSONCorporal · January 24, 1969
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE WESTMORELANDSpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT CRAIG GRISWOLDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 70
- BRUCE WAYNE WESTMORELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 71
- JOHN OLIVIO TAFOYASpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 72
From Newtown
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID LOWNESPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
- FRANK MARTIN MEBSSpecialist Five · May 27, 1970
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.