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  • ID: I151
  • Name: Jerry Roy MCDONALD
  • Given Name: Jerry Roy
  • Surname: MCDONALD
  • Sex: M
  • _UID: C23CE1E88B897F428701DD0B7AA529CC2002
  • Change Date: 14 APR 2011
  • Note:
    Notes
    Died while serving in WWII. He was a Captain in the Air Force. His plane was shot down over Munich, Germany. His remains are in the National Cemetery in Alvord, France.
    http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Pilots/338th%20Pilots/McDonald%20Jerry%20R%20Capt.htm
    Capt. Jerry R. McDonald
    338th FS - July 1944 - 28 February 1945 (Killed in Action)
    Assigned Aircraft
    P-51D ?
    Mission History
    Not Known
    Mission List
    Not Known
    Air Scores
    1-0-0
    Ground Scores
    1-0
    Score Detail 24 December 1944 Me-109 destroyed (air) S/Coblenz
    14 January 1945 Me-262 destroyed (ground) Parchim
    Notes 13 December 1944 - Awarded 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
    02 February 1945 - Awarded 4th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
    16 February 1945 - Promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain
    17 February 1945 - Awarded 5th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
    28 February 1945 - Killed in Action.
    The mission was a fighter sweep in the vicinity of Munich, Germany. Capt. McDonald spotted and was strafing a train near Landshut when he was caught in the enormous explosion of the train and crashedand killed instantly. Capt. McDonald is buried at Lorraine American Military Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France. He was from Texas.
    Reproduced with kind permission of Mr. Robert M. Littlefield from the author's book Double Nickel - Double Trouble
    http://www.gencircles.com/users/joereidscott/1/data/11387
    Capt. McDonald was with the 8th Air Force stationed in England and at the time of his death on Feb. 28, 1945, had fifty eight combat missions to his credit. On October 1st, at Fort Worth Army Air Field, in special retreat ceremonies, Mrs. John F. McDonald (Jerry's mother) was presented the Air Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster, denoting five other awards of the air medal, for her son.
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • Birth: 11 JAN 1924 in Hill County, Texas 9 10
  • Education: Class of '42 1942 Austin, Travis, Texas
  • ADDR: University of Texas Austin
  • Note:
    http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/University_Texas_Cactus_Yearbook/1945/Page_10.html

    University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)
     
    JERRY RAY McDONALD, Captain, AAF, ' 42 Killed in action over Germany. Air Medal, Oak Leaf Clusters (2)
    11 12
  • Event: Capt, U S Army Air Forces, 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group Military Servic 10 MAR 1943 Dallas, Dallas, Texas
  • Note:
    http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joereidscott&id=I11387

    Capt. McDonald was with the 8th Air Force stationed in England and at t he time of his death on Feb. 28, 1945, had fifty eight combat missio ns to his credit. On October 1st, at Fort Worth Army Air Field, in speci al retreat ceremonies, Mrs. John F. McDonald (Jerry's mother) was present ed the Air Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster, denoting five other awa rds of the air medal, for her son.
    13 14 15
  • Death: 28 FEB 1945 in Munich, Germany 16 14 17 15 18
  • Burial: AFT MAR 1945 St Avold, France
  • ADDR: Lorraine American Cemetery 18 16



    Father: John Franklin MCDONALD b: 9 JAN 1881 in Alabama
    Mother: Martha Rebecca TURNER b: 27 JUN 1883 in Abbott, Hill, Texas

    Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

      Sources:
      1. Abbrev: KLM Genealogy Report
        Title: compiled by KLM, KLM Genealogy Report (unpublished)
        Text: created mid-1980's, contains names, dates with no sources
        data on Isaac Turner family taken from Isaac Turner Family Bible remnants, in possession of KLM
        Note:
        researched ca 1990, dates only, no sources included in report, use as guide only


        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (reproduction of original document)

        Text: Jerry Ray McDonald
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      2. Abbrev: World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred
        Title: National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas (National Archives and Records Administration. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.)
        Note:

        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Quality: 2
        Text: Name: Jerry R Mc Donald
        Inducted From: Texas
        Rank: Captain
        Combat Organization: 338th Squadron 55th Fighter Group
        Death Date: 28 Feb 1945
        Monument: Lorraine, France
        Last Known Status: Buried
        U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
        Air Medal
        Additional Army Awards
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      3. Abbrev: The World War II Honor Roll
        Title: American Battle Monuments Commission, The World War II Honor Roll (www.abmc.gov)
        Note:


        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Quality: 2
        Text: Jerry R. McDonald
        Captain, US Army Air Forces
        Service # 0-763261
        338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group
        Entered the Service from: Texas
        Died: 28-Feb-45
        Buried at: Plot J Row 23 Grave 7
        Lorraine American Cemetery
        St Avold, France
        Awards: Air Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters,
        Purple Heart
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      4. Abbrev: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
        Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD., U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.)
        Note:


        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Quality: 3
        Text: Name: Jerry R McDonald
        Birth Year: 1924
        Race: White, citizen (White)
        Nativity State or Country: Texas
        State: Texas
        County or City: Coryell
        Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1943
        Enlistment State: Texas
        Enlistment City: Dallas
        Branch: Air Corps
        Branch Code: Air Corps
        Grade: Private
        Grade Code: Private
        Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)
        Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
        Education: 4 years of high school
        Civil Occupation: Laboratory Technician, V-Mail Or Microfilm or Civil Engineer or Water Supply Engineer or Architectural Engineer or Agricultural Engineer or City Planner
        Height: 00
        Weight: 000
        [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
      5. Abbrev: 1930 United States Federal Census
        Title: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls., 1930 United States Federal Census (scans of original images) (Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.)
        Note:


        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

        Page: Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: McGregor, McLennan, Texas; Roll: 2374; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 49; Image: 674.0.
        Quality: 2
        Text: Jerry McDonald
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      6. Abbrev: U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
        Title: United States. Army. Quartermaster General's Office. Rosters of World War II Dead (all services). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army., U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 (Ancestry.com. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.)
        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

        Quality: 3
        Text:
        U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
        about Jerry R McDonald
        Name: Jerry R McDonald
        Gender: Male
        Race: White
        Religion: No Record
        Cemetery Name: Saint Avold (Permanent Cemetery), Saint Avold, France
        Grave Number: j 23 7
        Disposition: According to next of kin
        Service Branch: Army
        Rank: Captain
        Service Number:
        [Entry Recording Date : 27 MAY 2008]
      7. Abbrev: Texas Birth Index 1903-1997
        Title: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche., Texas Birth Index 1903-1997 (Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.)
        Note:

        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Quality: 2
        Text: Name: Jerry Roy McDonald
        Date of Birth: 11 Jan 1924
        Birth County: Hill
        Certificate Number: 3830
        Roll Number:
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      8. Abbrev: 55th Fighter Group Website
        Title: Nuthampstead Airfield Research Society Web Site, 55th Fighter Group Website, http://www.station131.co.uk/
        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

        Quality: 2
        Text: Capt. Jerry R. McDonald
        338th FS - July 1944 - 28 February 1945 (Killed in Action)
        Assigned Aircraft
        P-51D ?
        Mission History
        Not Known
        Mission List
        Not Known
        Air Scores
        1-0-0
        Ground Scores
        1-0
        Score Detail 24 December 1944 Me-109 destroyed (air) S/Coblenz
        14 January 1945 Me-262 destroyed (ground) Parchim
        Notes 13 December 1944 - Awarded 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
        02 February 1945 - Awarded 4th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
        16 February 1945 - Promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain
        17 February 1945 - Awarded 5th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
        28 February 1945 - Killed in Action.
        The mission was a fighter sweep in the vicinity of Munich, Germany. Capt. McDonald spotted and was strafing a train near Landshut when he was caught in the enormous explosion of the train and crashedand killed instantly. Capt. McDonald is buried at Lorraine American Military Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France. He was from Texas.
        Reproduced with kind permission of Mr. Robert M. Littlefield from the author's book Double Nickel - Double Trouble
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      9. Abbrev: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
        Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD., U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.)
        Note:


        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Page: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Jerry R McDonaldName: Jerry R McDonaldBirth Year: 1924Race: White, Citizen (White)Nativity State or Country: TexasState of Residence: TexasCounty or City: Coryell Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1
        Quality: 3
        Text: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Jerry R McDonaldName: Jerry R McDonaldBirth Year: 1924Race: White, Citizen (White)Nativity State or Country: TexasState of Residence: TexasCounty or City: Coryell Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1
        U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Jerry R McDonaldName: Jerry R McDonaldBirth Year: 1924Race: White, Citizen (White)Nativity State or Country: TexasState of Residence: TexasCounty or City: Coryell Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1
        birth year 1924
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      10. Abbrev: Texas Birth Index 1903-1997
        Title: Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. Texas: Texas Department of State Health Services. Microfiche., Texas Birth Index 1903-1997 (Ancestry.com. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.)
        Note:

        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Page: Name: Jerry Roy McDonaldDate of Birth: 11 Jan 1924Birth County: HillCertificate Number: 3830Roll Number:[Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
        Quality: 2
      11. Abbrev: E-Yearbook.com
        Title: Digital Data Online Inc, "," database, digital images of yearbooks, Digital Data Online, Inc, E-Yearbook.com (http://www.e-yearbook.com/index.html: accessed ), .
        Page: accessed; 14 April 2011; University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX) - Class of 1945 (JERRY RAY McDONALD, Captain, AAF, ' 42 Killed in action over Germany. Air Medal, Oak Leaf Clusters (2)
        Quality: 2
      12. Abbrev: U S School Yearbooks
        Title: , "Ancestry.com. U.S. School Yearbooks [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.," , ; Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com.
        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

        Page: page 6; Capt Jerry Ray McDonald details
        Quality: 2
        Text: U.S. School Yearbooks Indexabout Jerry Ray McDONALD
        Name: Jerry Ray McDONALD
        Estimated Birth Year: abt 1925
        Age: 20
        School: University of Texas
        School Location: Austin, Texas
        Year: 1945
        Yearbook Title: Cactus Yearbook
        University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)
         - Class of 1945
        JERRY RAY McDONALD, Captain, AAF, ' 42 Killed in action over Germany. Air Medal, Oak Leaf Clusters (2)
      13. Abbrev: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
        Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD., U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.)
        Note:


        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Page: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Jerry R McDonaldName: Jerry R McDonaldBirth Year: 1924Race: White, Citizen (White)Nativity State or Country: TexasState of Residence: TexasCounty or City: Coryell Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1
        Quality: 3
        Text: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Jerry R McDonaldName: Jerry R McDonaldBirth Year: 1924Race: White, Citizen (White)Nativity State or Country: TexasState of Residence: TexasCounty or City: Coryell Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1
        U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Jerry R McDonaldName: Jerry R McDonaldBirth Year: 1924Race: White, Citizen (White)Nativity State or Country: TexasState of Residence: TexasCounty or City: Coryell Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1
      14. Abbrev: 55th Fighter Group Website
        Title: Nuthampstead Airfield Research Society Web Site, 55th Fighter Group Website, http://www.station131.co.uk/
        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

        Page: http://www.station131.co.uk/55th/Pilots/338th%20Pilots/McDonald%20Jerry%20R%20Capt.htm
        Quality: 2
        Text: Capt. Jerry R. McDonald
        338th FS - July 1944 - 28 February 1945 (Killed in Action)
        Assigned Aircraft
        P-51D ?
        Mission History
        Not Known
        Mission List
        Not Known
        Air Scores
        1-0-0
        Ground Scores
        1-0
        Score Detail 24 December 1944 Me-109 destroyed (air) S/Coblenz
        14 January 1945 Me-262 destroyed (ground) Parchim
        Notes 13 December 1944 - Awarded 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
        02 February 1945 - Awarded 4th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
        16 February 1945 - Promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain
        17 February 1945 - Awarded 5th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
        28 February 1945 - Killed in Action.
        The mission was a fighter sweep in the vicinity of Munich, Germany. Capt. McDonald spotted and was strafing a train near Landshut when he was caught in the enormous explosion of the train and crashed and killed instantly. Capt. McDonald is buried at Lorraine American Military Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France. He was from Texas.
        Reproduced with kind permission of Mr. Robert M. Littlefield from the author's book Double Nickel - Double Trouble
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      15. Abbrev: 55th Fighter Group- 338th Fighter Squadron
        Title: Peter Randall- Little Friends, "US 8th Army Air Force Fighter Command," database, Peter Randall- Little Friends, Little Friends (http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/index.php: accessed ), .
        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Page: accessed; 14 April 2011; Capt Jerry R McDonald records
        Quality: 2
        Text: 44-13368P-51D338CL-    Take off accident 11 July 44 - Lt. Jerry R McDonald

        44-13618P-51D338CL-    Lost 28 February 1945 - Capt. Jerry R McDonald KIA
      16. Abbrev: World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred
        Title: National Archives and Records Administration. Register, World War II Dead Interred in American Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil and World War II and Korea Missing or Lost or Buried at Sea. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas (National Archives and Records Administration. World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.)
        Note:

        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Page: Name: Jerry R Mc DonaldInducted From: TexasRank: CaptainCombat Organization: 338th Squadron 55th Fighter GroupDeath Date: 28 Feb 1945Monument: Lorraine, FranceLast Known Status: BuriedU.S. Awards: Purple Heart MedalAir MedalAdditional Army Awards
        Quality: 2
        Text: Name: Jerry R Mc DonaldInducted From: TexasRank: CaptainCombat Organization: 338th Squadron 55th Fighter GroupDeath Date: 28 Feb 1945Monument: Lorraine, FranceLast Known Status: BuriedU.S. Awards: Purple Heart MedalAir MedalAdditional Army Awards
        Name: Jerry R Mc DonaldInducted From: TexasRank: CaptainCombat Organization: 338th Squadron 55th Fighter GroupDeath Date: 28 Feb 1945Monument: Lorraine, FranceLast Known Status: BuriedU.S. Awards: Purple Heart MedalAir MedalAdditional Army Awards
        Name: Jerry R Mc Donald
        Inducted From: Texas
        Rank: Captain
        Combat Organization: 338th Squadron 55th Fighter Group
        Death Date: 28 Feb 1945
        Monument: Lorraine, France
        Last Known Status: Buried
        U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
        Air Medal
        Additional Army Awards
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      17. Abbrev: U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
        Title: United States. Army. Quartermaster General's Office. Rosters of World War II Dead (all services). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army., U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 (Ancestry.com. U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.)
        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (scan/digital photo of original image)

        Quality: 2
        Text:
        U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
        about Jerry R McDonald
        Name: Jerry R McDonald
        Gender: Male
        Race: White
        Religion: No Record
        Cemetery Name: Saint Avold (Permanent Cemetery), Saint Avold, France
        Grave Number: j 23 7
        Disposition: According to next of kin
        Service Branch: Army
        Rank: Captain
        Service Number:
        [Entry Recording Date : 29 MAY 2008]
      18. Abbrev: The World War II Honor Roll
        Title: American Battle Monuments Commission, The World War II Honor Roll (www.abmc.gov)
        Note:


        Repository:
          Name: RAS Private Collection (from compiled online database)

        Page: Jerry R. McDonaldCaptain, U.S. Army Air ForcesService # O-763261338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter GroupEntered the Service from: TexasDied: 28-Feb-45Buried at: Plot J Row 23 Grave 7Lorraine American CemeterySt. Avold, FranceAwards: Air Medal with 5 Oak
        Quality: 2
        Text: Jerry R. McDonaldCaptain, U.S. Army Air ForcesService # O-763261338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter GroupEntered the Service from: TexasDied: 28-Feb-45Buried at: Plot J Row 23 Grave 7Lorraine American CemeterySt. Avold, FranceAwards: Air Medal with 5 Oak
        Jerry R. McDonaldCaptain, U.S. Army Air ForcesService # O-763261338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter GroupEntered the Service from: TexasDied: 28-Feb-45Buried at: Plot J Row 23 Grave 7Lorraine American CemeterySt. Avold, FranceAwards: Air Medal with 5 Oak
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