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CARL RAYMOND KONOPA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1948 – May 13, 1967
Service recordCarl Raymond Konopa, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 108
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 108
- JIMMY EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- ANTHONY WAYNE KEYPetty Officer Second Class · May 13, 1967
- BYRON ALICK KIELLEYLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JAY MEADORSpecialist Five · Panel 19E, Line 110
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.