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DONNIE RAY CONNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1953 – February 14, 1973
Service recordDonnie Ray Conner, of St Peters, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1973, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 116
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 20, 1953
- Home of record
- St Peters, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1973
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1973; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1973, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 116
- ROBERT EDWARD BERNHARDTFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1973
- FRANK WOLGO PAULOSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1973
- JAMES LELAND SCROGGINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1973
- JOSEPH GAMBINO JRFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1973
From St Peters
- DOUGLAS DRUE GAYLORDCaptain · March 16, 1969
- ANDREW BRYAN RANKINLance Corporal · April 29, 1969
- GERALD EDWARD KEESLINGPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1969
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.