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LAYNE HALE CONNEVEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1945 – September 4, 1969
Service recordLayne Hale Connevey, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 31
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 31
- REGINALD PETER BEGNOCHESpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- CLIFFORD JOHN CONSTANTINOSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- KENNETH THOMAS CUMMINGSFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH THOMAS CUMMINGSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 31
- GEORGE L KLEIBER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 33
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.