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JOHN ALEXANDER CONNELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1945 – August 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Alexander Connell, of Southport, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Southport, North Carolina (Brunswick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 7
- FREDDIE LEE COUCHSergeant · August 20, 1968
- MARTIN ESPINOZALance Corporal · August 20, 1968
- CLARENCE FULTONSergeant First Class · August 20, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 6
- GREGORY VERNON CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 6
- FREDDIE LEE COUCHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 7
- JOAQUIN CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 9
- ROBERT WALLACE LAISCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 10
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 11
- RAYMOND LUNA PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 11
- DONALD EUGENE RUMMELSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 12
- JERRY RUSSELL SANSINGSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 12
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
- CLIFFORD C WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 13
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.