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The Battalion
By Col. Robert W. Black
Honour to the Airborne: Pt. 2
By David Buxton
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 50417" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>McConnel</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gerald Wayne,Jr</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Co.E,52nd Infantry (LRP)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Specialist Fourth Class</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19871532</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8th May 1968</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pioneer Memorial Gardens, Moses Lake, Grant County, Washington</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Moses Lake, Washington</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 24.4.1947 Moses Lake, Washington, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Gerald Wayne (1919-1989) and Mrs McConnel, Airway Drive,Terminal Street, Moses Lake, Washington</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Pat (nee Owens) McConnel, Albuquerque, New Mexico (moved from Moses Lake January 1968)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Moses Lake School 1965</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Big Bend Community College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>licensed pilot since age of 16</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 year service</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>on 2nd tour of Vietnam (1st with a helicopter unit - not pilot)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal (unit ?)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 57E Line 7</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-mcconnel.18155/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/18/18155-03c6bb1226349a6c3146a5d11b55df3f.jpg?1591400186" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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