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DAVID ARNOLD CONNEL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – October 9, 1970
Service recordDavid Arnold Connel, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 120
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 120
- DONALD EMERSON SHAY JRMajor · October 8, 1970
- ROBERT TRUGLIOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1970
- GEORGE W DANIELS JRPrivate · October 9, 1970
- FREDERICK AUGUST HOLSTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK AUGUST HOLSTPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 120
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.