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THOMAS JOSEPH CONNIFF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1949 – June 11, 1971
Service recordThomas Joseph Conniff, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 72
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 72
- LOUIE GOOCH MONTOYASpecialist Four · June 10, 1971
- WILLIAM CHARLES BILYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1971
- JOHNNY JACKSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
- LOYD EUGENE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.