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GEORGE THOMAS CONNOLLY
Private · U.S. Army
January 15, 1950 – December 11, 1970
Service recordGeorge Thomas Connolly, of Marysville, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 114
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powerplant Repairer (68B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Marysville, California (Yuba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 114
- JOHN DARRALL BRYANTWarrant Officer 1 · December 8, 1970
- ARDEN RUSSELL LYBERGERSergeant · December 8, 1970
- WILLIAM HAROLD MARTINStaff Sergeant · December 8, 1970
- MARK CHARLES WITTBRACHTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1970
From Marysville
- DAVID EUGENE NANCEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- EDWARD LEONARD GREENESergeant · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- STEVEN OWEN SCHNELLERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BAKERCorporal · October 13, 1969
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · May 12, 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.