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IDUS JAMES CONNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1948 – July 24, 1968
Service recordIdus James Conner, of Lake Alfred, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Lake Alfred, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- 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
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 48
- JOSEPH TERRY CAMBRONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN CARL FOYLance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- THOMAS CLEO FYFFEPrivate First Class · July 24, 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.