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JERRY MCCONNELL
Private · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordJerry McConnell, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 6
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 42W, Line 6
- WILLIAM THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- LOUIS ANDREW NIEMEYER JRSergeant · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN NIEZGODASergeant · September 24, 1968
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.