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GEORGE DEWEY CONRAD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 17, 1943 – August 2, 1969
Service recordGeorge Dewey Conrad JR, of Plantation, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Plantation, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 85
- WALTER D BROWNESpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRESHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 86
- GERALD STEPHEN LOTRIDGECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 87
- DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNORSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 88
- VENANCIO VERACorporal · Panel 20W, Line 90
- CARL RAY WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Plantation
- JAMES HAROLD ALLEYSergeant · April 6, 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.