Joseph William McDonald

Vietnam War
UnitMarine All Weather Attack Squadron 224
RankCaptain U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromWappingers Falls New York
Date of DeathMay 3 1972
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Captain McDonald was a member of the Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 224, Marine Attack Group 14, 1st Marine Air Wing. On May 3, 1972, he was the pilot of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) flying over Ron, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.