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DAVID LEE CONLEY
Private · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – September 8, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Conley, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 46
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 46
- DAVID HARVEY BRADYCorporal · September 8, 1970
- GLEN ALAN FIESTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES LARSENSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
- KENNETH JOE NOLENPrivate First Class · September 8, 1970
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.