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WILLIAM P MCCONNAGHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1949 – April 24, 1970
Service recordWilliam P McConnaghy, of Sepulveda, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Sepulveda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 47
- JOHN L PENASergeant · April 24, 1970
- ALBERT CHARLES POWELLPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 1970
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN MOIRENSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 46
From Sepulveda
- RICHARD L HATLESTADFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ALFRED MCMURDOLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HOLZMANPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 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.