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JAMES PAUL MCCONNELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1944 – December 26, 1968
Service recordJames Paul McConnell, of Beloit, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Beloit, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 77
- RUSSELL LEE WELLS JRSpecialist Five · December 25, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- MARK STANTON LUTESSergeant · December 26, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 77
From Beloit
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT DEBOCKMajor · August 3, 1967
- LEONARD JOHN TAUSCHEKPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1968
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ERNEST WILLIAM TEWSLance Corporal · April 30, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STINDLPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
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.