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DONALD MCCONNICO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1944 – May 29, 1966
Service recordDonald McConnico, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 120
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 120
- JAMES JESSE MACKENNAStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1966
- JERRY LYNN NOLANDLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- BILLY RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND ANDRE PROVENCALPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 121
- WILBUR RAY LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 122
- WALTER JUNIOR SALLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 122
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 123
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
- RUSSELL JAMES PEEKPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.