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JOHN STEVEN MCCONNELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1947 – November 16, 1967
Service recordJohn Steven McConnell, of Orrville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Orrville, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 4
- GEORGE KENNETH KOONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- JOHN LANCE LINDABERRYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- MARION LEE MEGGSLance Corporal · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ROGER ADAMSSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 103
- JOHN FRANCIS BETTENCOURTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 104
- DONALD WILLIAM BOYERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 104
- ROBERT WILLIAM BREDESpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 104
- JESSIE WENDELL CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 1
- PAUL MARVIN CRONK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 1
- GERALD CRAGGSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 2
- MARK THOMAS HOWARDCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 2
- ARNOLD EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 3
- DAVID ROGER KEATONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 3
- GEORGE KENNETH KOONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 4
- JOHN LANCE LINDABERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 4
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
- JAMES EMMETT STONEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 5
- GLENN ROBERT WYLIESergeant · Panel 30E, Line 6
From Orrville
- DENNIS K FLEMINGCorporal · February 14, 1968
- RICHARD E DREHERCaptain · March 27, 1972
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.