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SIDNEY MCLEAN CONOLLY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – June 18, 1968
Service recordSidney McLean Conolly JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 18
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 18
- RAMON PENA CANCELPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- FERGUS JOSEPH CARROLLCorporal · June 18, 1968
- ALVIN PETER CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS FONDASpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL WADESergeant · Panel 56W, Line 28
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.