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GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordGerald Wayne McConnel JR, of Moses Lake, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Moses Lake, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 7
- ROBERT MCKELLIP JRSecond Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
- STEVEN MURRAYPrivate · May 8, 1968
- WILLIAM DALE NIXONCaptain · May 8, 1968
- KENNETH BRADLEY NORTONCorporal · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 1
- ARMSTEAD JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 4
- DAVID BRUCE KNAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 5
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKERINGPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 12
From Moses Lake
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · April 19, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 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.