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JAMES KENNETH CONNOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 5, 1940 – October 3, 1968
Service recordJames Kenneth Connor, of Princeton, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 67
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- June 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Princeton, West Virginia (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 67
- RONALD LEE CONROYWarrant Officer 1 · October 3, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DONALD JAMES CRAMER JRSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DAVID JOSEPH DELLANGELOSergeant · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GENE CLEAVERStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 69
From Princeton
- GRAT GELEANE MYERSCorporal · August 24, 1965
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.