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GEORGE THOMAS CONDREY III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 12, 1944 – May 8, 1968
Service recordGeorge Thomas Condrey III, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 37
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 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 56E, Line 37
- LLOYD ALFORD CONEPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS CONNOLLYSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JAMES ENNIS COOPERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOHN ALDEN COUNTAWAY JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LESLIE DAYTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 57E, Line 1
- ROBERT EARL JENNESpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 4
- DANIEL EDWARD JURECKOSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 5
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.