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EDWARD JOHN CONWAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1947 – March 24, 1967
Service recordEdward John Conway, of Fenton, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Fenton, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 34
- PETER GIRARD CODYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DAVID CARSON CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- CHRISTIAN JOHN ECKERDT JRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From Fenton
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- DONALD MAURICE STOTTSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1971
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
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.