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JAMES T MCCONNELL III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1946 – July 10, 1968
Service recordJames T McConnell III, of Pitman, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Pitman, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 11
- DENNIS WAYNE ALLENSeaman · July 10, 1968
- DOUGLAS SCALESPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- PHILIP GLENN SPENCERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT STOCKDALESpecialist Five · July 10, 1968
From Pitman
- BRUCE DAVID SHARPPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOHN LEROY JERVIS IIISpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN THIBAULTPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.