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CHARLES RAYMOND CONOVER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – September 1, 1970
Service recordCharles Raymond Conover, of Loogootee, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Loogootee, Indiana (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 30
- JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERSFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
- TYRONE CONVERSONSergeant · September 1, 1970
- GILBERTO GARCIALance Corporal · September 1, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HOLKEMLance Corporal · September 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL CRAIG SCULLYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 32
From Loogootee
- JAMES VERNON HEMBREESpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- THOMAS STEVEN HICKMANCorporal · August 26, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOHN OCONNORPrivate First Class · October 23, 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.