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EDWARD WALTER CONNELLY JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1944 – May 5, 1968
Service recordEdward Walter Connelly JR, of Agawam, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- January 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Agawam, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 36 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 7
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · May 5, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEVINEPetty Officer Second Class · May 5, 1968
- RICKY LEE DOYEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Agawam
- PAUL JOHN DAMATO JRSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
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.