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DONALD WARREN CONN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1946 – June 9, 1966
Service recordDonald Warren Conn JR, of Loveland, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Loveland, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 26
- ALLAN EUGENE COMBSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOHN T DIXONSergeant First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
From Loveland
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
- ARTHUR LLOYD ADAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- ARLON GLENN SCHAEFFERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- FLOYD DALE KETELSSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DONALD KEITH OSBORNCaptain · March 23, 1971
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.