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MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – March 6, 1970
Service recordMichael Joseph Connell, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 87
- WALTER LEE BECKWITH JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- THOMAS CLIFFORD CHANEYCorporal · March 6, 1970
- OREN LEE CROOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- JAMES WARREN FINZELMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1970
From Upper Darby
- EDWARD WILLIAM REILLYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEOLance Corporal · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
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.