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PATRICK JAMES CONNOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1951 – September 9, 1970
Service recordPatrick James Connor, of Glenview, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 48
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Glenview, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 48
- WILLIE JUNIOR THIGPENSergeant · September 8, 1970
- FRANK NEAL VAVRINCaptain · September 8, 1970
- JOSEPH MARTIN LEROY BROWNSpecialist Five · September 9, 1970
- ROBERT RALPH SIZEMORE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MARTIN LEROY BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 48
- ROBERT RALPH SIZEMORE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 48
- CURTIS JOSEPH PERRODINPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 50
- ERNEST DEFOREST PETTYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 50
- DARREL MONROE PICKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 50
From Glenview
- JOHN TAYLOR FILPISecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1967
- STEPHEN HAIG DEMERJIANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- MARCUS EUGENE ARNESONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
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.