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MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1946 – November 23, 1966
Service recordMichael Paul McConahay, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 111
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JOSEPH DARRYL BURNETTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN CRABTREEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- ALFRED LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.