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EDWIN RAY CONNER
Senior Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
March 27, 1935 – May 16, 1970
Service recordEdwin Ray Conner, of Hillsboro, Texas, served as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 16, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 48
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. Navy
- Rank
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAQ 135 CVA 43
- Born
- March 27, 1935
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Texas (Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAQ 135 CVA 43”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 48
- MELVIN RAY THOMASSergeant · May 15, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIE BEAL JRPrivate · May 16, 1970
- LESTER EARL BUNNERSergeant First Class · May 16, 1970
- DAVID LYN CHRISTOPHERSONCorporal · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ROBERT SKEENCommander · Panel 10W, Line 54
From Hillsboro
- DAVID RICHARD WESTLance Corporal · November 19, 1966
- LOWELL EDWARD MORGANMajor · June 3, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
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.