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WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYU
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 18, 1947 – April 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Michael Konyu, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 97
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 97
- ROBERT LOUIS RODGERSSpecialist Five · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ROEHMERStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT W SATTERFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
From Phillipsburg
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- ALBERT ALEYA OUTWATER JRSergeant · July 21, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT MORRISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MARCANTONIPrivate · April 10, 1968
- ARTHUR MORTIMER ROWEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD LAWRENCEMajor · July 5, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR MARASONCorporal · December 2, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BACONPrivate First Class · July 17, 1969
- JAMES LAWRENCE SUYDAMSergeant · October 9, 1969
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.