Lowndes County GaArchives Obituaries.....McDonald, John April 15, 1969
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The Valdosta Daily Times,  April 18, 1969
              HAHIRA SERVICEMAN KILLED IN SOUTH VIETNAM ACTION

Hahira - A 22 year old Harira man, PFC John E. McDonald, has been killed in
action in South Vietnam, the family was notified Thursday. He was awarded the
Purple Heart decoration post-humously.

A member of the 101st Airborne Division, he was killed in hostile action 
Tuesday. A machinegunner, he had been in the Army 11 months and in South
Vietnam since November.

A native of Hahira, he attended Hahira High School.

Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McDonald, three sisters,
Mrs. Joe Duggan of Tallahassee, Fla., and Miss Mary Ann McDonald and Miss
Paula Kay McDonald of Harira; two brothers, Leon Charles McDonald and Carl
Robert McDonald; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry McDonald, and 
his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ethridge Fielding, all of Hahira.

Funeral plans are pending arrival of the body and are to be announced by 
Martin Funeral Home. 

Additional Comments:
The Vietnam Conflict is the longest war America has experienced in it's  
history. It began with the entry of "military advisors" under President
Dwight Eisenhower and ended during the administration of President Nixon,
fifteen years later! Although America and North Vietnam signed a peace accord
in 1973, two years later North Vietnamese troops invaded South Vietnam. The 
entire country is now a Communist enclave. 58,000 American troops died there 
for no apparent reason. John McDonald's name is inscribed on the Vietnam War 
Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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