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PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 11, 1944 – August 30, 1966
Service recordPatrick Joseph Connors, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 57
- KENNETH DALE ROBINSONColonel · June 16, 1966
- SAMMIE DON HOFFMajor · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
From Livonia
- MARVIN MERLE DICKSPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 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.