CONNOLLY, VINCENT JOHN
REMAINS RECOVERED 07/17/84
Name: Vincent John Connolly
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O3
Unit:
Date of Birth: 10 May 1934
Home City of Record: SAN ANTONIO TX
Date of Loss: 04 November 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 204500 North 1054500 East
Status (in 1973): Presumptive Finding of Death
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: RF101
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0511
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020
REMARKS: DEAD Son La near Soui Rut
REMAINS RECOVERED 07/17/84
No further information available at this time.
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01/2020
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On August 2, 1984, the Central Identification Lab-Hawaii (CILHI, now
DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Colonel Vincent John
Connolly, missing from the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant Colonel Connolly, who joined the U.S. Air Force from
Pennsylvania, served with the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance
Squadron. On November 4, 1966, he piloted an RF-101C Voodoo
(serial number 56-93) on a reconnaissance mission over North
Vietnam. During the mission, the Voodoo was struck by a
surface-to-air missile and Lt Col Connolly was killed. Hostile
presence in the area inhibited search efforts during the war. In
1984, the Vietnamese government repatriated remains which were
later identified as those of Lieutenant Colonel Connolly.
Lieutenant Colonel Connolly is memorialized on the Courts of the
Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.