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RUSSELL WILLIAM CONDON
Captain · U.S. Army
January 8, 1933 – May 22, 1965
Service recordRussell William Condon, of Humble, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 121
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Humble, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1965
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 121
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- LEROY MELVIN DONOVANSergeant First Class · May 19, 1965
- RICHARD K HARPERChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 19, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD JAMES KELLEYSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 122
- TROY LEE WATERSSpecialist Four · Panel 1E, Line 123
From Humble
- ROBERT LEE WATTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
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.