PHOTOS FROM MIKE CONNELL

Connell arrived at Fort Campbell, KY in 1967 and was assigned to 1st Platoon. .He went with A Company to Vietnam, December 1967. He presently lives in Bauxite, AR.

(Pictures below are from Dec 1967 - Dec 1968)


Mike Mconnell - Vietnam 1968

Jump school and Cu Chi 1967

Connell at Cu Chi, South Vietnam 1967.
The black soldier in the background is unknown.

 

Medals and Awards

Air Medal -  earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight
in the Republic of Vietnam. (HQ, 101st Airborne Division; General Order Number 7861; 29 June
1969)
National Defense Service
Vietnam Service
Vietnam Campaign Medal

Unit Citations

 



I bought this roll-out map on felt in December 1968, when our plane  stopped in a Japan airport.
It cost me $5.00, I sure would like to know how much it is worth today. I have never heard of anyone else having one.

Mike Connell 
 

 


 


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