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EUGENE OGDEN CONLEY
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 24, 1927 – January 21, 1967
Service recordEugene Ogden Conley, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 21, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 60
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 354 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- October 24, 1927
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 60
- HIRAM ELI MARVIN WIGGINSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- GARY PAUL WORRELLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- ALBERT BARCINAS DOYLESergeant · January 21, 1967
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.