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SAMUEL GERALD CONNELLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1948 – May 13, 1968
Service recordSamuel Gerald Connelly, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 19
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
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 19
- JOHN EDWARD CASHLEYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GEORGE COLEMANCaptain · May 13, 1968
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · May 13, 1968
- MOSES JAMES COUSINSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH ROLAND BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 17
- TOMMY LEE HANKISONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- FREDDIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 24
- FRANK JOSEPH MAKUHSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 26
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH NODENSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 28
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 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.