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GERALD WILLIAM CONNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1947 – February 20, 1968
Service recordGerald William Conner, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Communications/Navigation/Electrical/Weapon Systems Technician - Train (6311)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Colts Neck, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 39
- JOSEPH THOMAS GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- ARMONDO ABEL GOMEZPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE W GRAVES IIIFireman · February 20, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
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.