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DAVID WAYNE MCCONNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordDavid Wayne McConnell, of Hemet, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Hemet, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 80
- ROBERT LOUIS MINGLESergeant · June 18, 1969
- ENRIQUE MIRAMONTEZCorporal · June 18, 1969
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
- RUDOLPH PINA MUNOZStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1969
From Hemet
- THOMAS LEE TROELSTRUPSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1969
- GUS BLAKELY ROBINSONCaptain · April 12, 1970
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.