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THOMAS ARTHUR MCCONAHY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1947 – July 15, 1966
Service recordThomas Arthur McConahy, of Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Martinsburg, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 25
- JOHN NATHANIEL MORRISHospitalman · July 15, 1966
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- JAMES MURRY REIDCorporal · July 15, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
From Martinsburg
- TIMOTHY EUGENE PERRYPrivate First Class · February 27, 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.