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JACK WILLIAM CONNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1945 – April 4, 1970
Service recordJack William Conner, of El Monte, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1945
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 92
- CLARE ARNOLD BARRETTPrivate · April 4, 1970
- MARCUS RAYMOND DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1970
- JOHN EVERETT DUFFYCaptain · April 4, 1970
- THOMAS EDWIN FRASERPrivate · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE WEEKLEYCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 94
- DANIEL KENNETH WELINPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 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.