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JAMES MCCONNYHEAD JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordJames McConnyhead JR, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 42
- JAMES CLIFFORD LUCEROSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD MOBILIAPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- RUDOLPH PARKERSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH ANTHONY BARCELONASpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 38
- JAMES BILLY BURTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 38
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 40
- JOSEPH STANLEY LABAYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 41
- ROY MARTIN PINGSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 43
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.