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OSCAR ALLEN CONNELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – March 18, 1970
Service recordOscar Allen Connell, of Montevallo, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Montevallo, Alabama (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 17
- NATHANIEL COX JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1970
- RALPH RONALD CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1970
- CAROL DEAN DALESergeant · March 18, 1970
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · March 18, 1970
From Montevallo
- JOSSLYN F BLAKELY JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
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.