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JAMES P CONCANNON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1949 – September 21, 1968
Service recordJames P Concannon JR, of Morton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Morton, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 53
- EDWARD LYNN DAUBERTLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
- CLIFTON ANTHONY DAVISSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM EIGHMIESpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- STANLEY GARFIELD LAWSONFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
From Morton
- JAMES J MCCAFFREY JRPrivate First Class · October 27, 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.