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JOHN CONNOR JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1935 – February 12, 1966
Service recordJohn Connor JR, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 26
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 30
- 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 February 12, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 26
- THEODORE F TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
- FREDERIC R DELANGEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · May 23, 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.