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JEROME CONNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1945 – January 25, 1967
Service recordJerome Conner, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 76
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 76
- BRIAN DALY CONLAN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1967
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JOSHUA WAY EASONStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- ARCHIE MERLIN ELLYSONSergeant First Class · January 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 76
- ARCHIE MERLIN ELLYSONSergeant First Class · Panel 14E, Line 76
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · Panel 14E, Line 78
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.