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THOMAS MICHAEL CONNELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – May 13, 1969
Service recordThomas Michael Connell, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 96
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 96
- GALEN CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- EDWARD ALLEN CLARKECorporal · May 13, 1969
- DONALD JUNE CORBETTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WARREN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 103
- DONALD RAY KRAFTStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 103
- LYNN JAY WIESERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 114
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.