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DAN DAILY MCCONNAUGHHAY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 20, 1942 – February 5, 1966
Service recordDan Daily McConnaughhay, of Artesia, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HELANTISVBRON 115 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- February 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Artesia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HELANTISVBRON 115 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 35E, Line 80
- PETER WELLESLEY FOOTESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FRED RIALSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- TONY RIJOSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- GENE AUTRY ROSSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN EDWARD ASMUSSENPetty Officer First Class · Panel 5E, Line 5
- BENARD JOHN SPARENBERGChief Petty Officer · Panel 5E, Line 5
From Artesia
- WAYNE G VANLANTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- MICHAEL WALTER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- DANIEL LEE POWELLCorporal · May 26, 1968
- GEORGE VANDER DUSSENCorporal · July 10, 1968
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
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.