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MITCHELL PAULLIS CONELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1947 – June 1, 1968
Service recordMitchell Paullis Conelly, of Trenton, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 22
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Trenton, Florida (Gilchrist County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 22
- BILLY EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · June 1, 1968
- JERRY JEROME COLEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- GARY KOYLE DARRAHSergeant · June 1, 1968
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.