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'''Lawrence Patton McDonald''' (April 1, 1935 — September 1, 1983), was a  [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented the seventh congressional district of [[Georgia]]. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when  it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the president of the [[John Birch Society]] and the only member of Congress killed by Communists during the [[Cold War]].

'''Lawrence Patton McDonald''' (April 1, 1935 — September 1, 1983), was a  [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented the seventh congressional district of [[Georgia]]. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when  it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the president of the [[John Birch Society]] and the only member of Congress killed by Communists during the [[Cold War]].

 

==Committee and Association membership and involvement==

===Committee and Association membership and involvement===

According to Staff Writer Maggie Willis in an August 28, 1983 article in the ''Marietta Daily Journal'', aside from Larry McDonald, serving in the Congress and as president of the John Birch Society, his other committee and association membership included the following: Movement to Restore Democracy, Georgia Right to Life Committee, American Life Lobby, Congressional Advisory Committee of Christian Voice, Inc.,  

According to Staff Writer Maggie Willis in an August 28, 1983 article in the ''Marietta Daily Journal'', aside from Larry McDonald, serving in the Congress and as president of the John Birch Society, his other committee and association membership included the following: Movement to Restore Democracy, Georgia Right to Life Committee, American Life Lobby, Congressional Advisory Committee of Christian Voice, Inc.,  

Atlanta Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry and Human Rights,National Pro Life Political Action Committee, Committee for Freedom of Choice in Cancer Therapy, National Rifle Association, National Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.Gun Owners of America.Second Amendment Foundation.Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress.American Conservative Union (congressional adviser).American Security Council (congressional adviser).Conservative Caucus (congressional adviser).National Federation of Independent Business (congressional adviser).National Advisory Board of the Committee for a Free China, Association of American Dentists, Young Americans for Freedom, National Advisory Council of the American Legislative Exchange Council, Congressional Advisory Panel of the National Tax Limitation Committee,Conservatives Against Liberal Legislation, American Civil Defense Association, Fund to Restore an Educated Electorate, Conservative Leadership Youth Foundation Advisory Board, Joseph McCarthy Foundation, and The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics. It is not known how may of the above involvments werew held concurrently.

Atlanta Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry and Human Rights,National Pro Life Political Action Committee, Committee for Freedom of Choice in Cancer Therapy, National Rifle Association, National Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.Gun Owners of America.Second Amendment Foundation.Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress.American Conservative Union (congressional adviser).American Security Council (congressional adviser).Conservative Caucus (congressional adviser).National Federation of Independent Business (congressional adviser).National Advisory Board of the Committee for a Free China, Association of American Dentists, Young Americans for Freedom, National Advisory Council of the American Legislative Exchange Council, Congressional Advisory Panel of the National Tax Limitation Committee,Conservatives Against Liberal Legislation, American Civil Defense Association, Fund to Restore an Educated Electorate, Conservative Leadership Youth Foundation Advisory Board, Joseph McCarthy Foundation, and The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics. It is not known how may of the above involvements were held concurrently.

==McDonald aboard KAL 007==

==McDonald aboard KAL 007==