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JAMES FRANK KONECNY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordJames Frank Konecny, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 24
- JAMES ALLEN KINGPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD CARL KNACKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ANDY KNEVELBAARDLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WYNNE LEONARD BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 20
- JOHN ASHER COMBSSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 20
- MICHAEL JOHN DONOVANSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 21
- REYNALDO LERMA TORRES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 28
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.