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VAUGHN DAVID CONNELL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 8, 1948 – March 20, 1969
Service recordVaughn David Connell, of West Islip, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 87
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- West Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 87
- JOHN MARTIN BURKECorporal · March 20, 1969
- DAVID LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- RICARDO GONZALEZ DAVISSergeant First Class · March 20, 1969
- RICHARD RAY MAYNARDSergeant · March 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MAX ARDEN JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 89
From West Islip
- DANIEL RUSSELL NIDDSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN MONAHANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- LEONARD SELANIKIOCaptain · September 6, 1968
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 13, 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.