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Facts and Events
| Name |
Jerry Roy MCDONALD |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
11 Jan 1924 |
Hill, Texas, United States |
| Census[11] |
10 Apr 1930 |
McGregor, McLennan, Texas, United StatesPrecinct 5 |
| Census[10] |
10 Apr 1940 |
McGregor, McLennan, Texas, United StatesAvenue U |
| Education[8] |
1942 |
Austin, Travis, Texas, United StatesClass of '42, University of Texas Austin |
| Military[4][6] |
10 Mar 1943 |
Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United StatesCapt, U S Army Air Forces, 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group |
| Death[3][4][5][6][7] |
28 Feb 1945 |
Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Burial[7][3] |
Est Mar 1945 |
St Avold, Lorraine, FranceLorraine American Cemetery |
Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France |
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.
References
- ↑ Jerry R McDonald entry, in United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. (FamilySearch.org)
10 Mar 1943.
Name: Jerry R Mc Donald
Name (Original): MC DONALD JERRY R
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 10 Mar 1943
Term of Enlistment:
Event Place: Dallas, Texas, United States
Residence Place:
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1924
Birthplace: TEXAS
Education Level: 4 years of high school
Civilian Occupation: Engineers, civil
Marital Status:
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Air Corps
Army 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 Reference: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer
Serial Number: 18148561
Affiliate Publication Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 02853.7
- ↑ Jerry Roy McDonald entry, in Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997. (FamilySearch.org)
Cert #3830.
Name: Jerry Roy Mcdonald
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 11 Jan 1924
Event Place: Hill, Texas
Gender:
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Certificate Number: 3830
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jerry R McDonald entry, in 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. (Ancestry.com).
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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nuthampstead Airfield Research Society, 55th Fighter Group Website.
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
- ↑ Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945. (Ancestry.com).
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:
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 US 8th Army Air Force Fighter Command.
Capt Jerry R McDonald records
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
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 American Battle Monuments Commission, The World War II Honor Roll (www.abmc.gov).
Jerry R. McDonald
Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # O-763261338th 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
- ↑ Jerry Ray McDonald entry, Cactus Yearbook, University of Texas, Austin, 1945, in U.S. School Yearbooks. (Ancestry.com)
Page 6.
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)
- Jerry McDonald entry, 1930 US census, in United States Federal Census. (Ancestry.com/FamilySearch.org)
10 Apr 1930.
Year: 1930; Census Place: McGregor, McLennan, Texas; Roll: 2374; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 49; Image: 674.0.
- ↑ Jerry McDonald entry, 1940 US Census, in United States Federal Census. (Ancestry.com/FamilySearch.org)
10 Apr 1940.
Year: 1940; Census Place: McGregor, McLennan, Texas; Roll: T627_4101; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 155-75A.
- ↑ Jerry McDonald entry, 1930 US Census, in United States Federal Census. (Ancestry.com/FamilySearch.org)
10 Apr 1930.
Year: 1930; Census Place: McGregor, McLennan, Texas; Roll: 2374; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 49; Image: 674.0.
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