Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

Vietnam (1962-1975)

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

06/04/1943

Place of Birth

Wonthaggi, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Field Street, Watson ACT

Occupation

Pilot

Next of Kin

Husband of Janet M. McNair and father of Judianne and Glen McNair of Field Street, Watson ACT

Burial Place

Springvale Cemetery, Victoria: Bolingbroke - Lawn W - Grave 48

Service Number

317006

Final Rank

Leading Aircraftman [LAC]

Final Unit

9 Squadron RAAF

Died of wounds on 20 July 1970, Vietnam

AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 6

McNair died of wounds in the 3rd US Field Hospital, Saigon, on 20 July 1970, after being seriously injured in a helicopter crash in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam on 3 July 1970. His wife, Janet, was flown to Saigon to be with him, arriving the day before he died. He is buried in Springvale Cemetery, Victoria. 9 Squadron RAAF flew Iroquois 'Huey' helicopters and was based at Vung Tau, South Vietnam. McNair served in Vietnam from 25 February 1970.

AWM Roll of Honour Database
DVA Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans
Chris Coulthard-Clark, The RAAF in Vietnam: Australian Air Involvement in the Vietnam War 1962-1975, St Leonards NSW, Allen and Unwin / AWM, 1995 (p.352)
'500: The Australians who died in Vietnam', Australian Special Edition, 3-4 October 1992 (p.12)
RAAF News - 1 August 1970
The Canberra Times - 22 July 1970 (p.3), 20 July 1972
ACT electoral roll - 1970