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WAYNE ALLEN MCCONKEY
Captain · U.S. Army
June 8, 1943 – September 15, 1970
Service recordWayne Allen McConkey, of Shenandoah, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 66
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Shenandoah, Iowa (Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 66
- KEVIN C MCELHANNON JRPrivate First Class · September 15, 1970
- WILLIAM A PEDERSENLieutenant (junior grade) · September 15, 1970
- JOSE PABLO RAMOSPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1970
- PABLO ISREAL SEDAPrivate · September 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANKLIN FREEMANSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 64
- LEE DAVID MEADOWSPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 64
From Shenandoah
- J H HOUSTONStaff Sergeant · 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.