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WILLIAM WALKER MCCONNELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 2, 1941 – March 14, 1968
Service recordWilliam Walker McConnell, of Sonora, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 50
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Sonora, California (Tuolumne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 50
- WILLIAM RICHARD MARYFIELDSergeant · March 14, 1968
- EARL CHESTER MINARDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MORSE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYNN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 49
From Sonora
- JOSEPH GARY GALAMBOSFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1964
- THOMAS HOWARD BENTONLance Corporal · September 22, 1967
- REX LEONARD FRAZIERStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1970
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.