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JAMES BENNETT CONWAY
Major · U.S. Army
November 23, 1930 – April 12, 1966
Service recordJames Bennett Conway, of Franklin, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1966, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 105
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 23, 1930
- Home of record
- Franklin, Tennessee (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 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 6E, Line 105
- GEORGE HOWARD WARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM WATKINSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- ERIC WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- IRVING MCKINLEY WILSON JRSergeant · April 11, 1966
From Franklin
- ROBERT DOUGLAS MARLINPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIE WOODS JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- LARRY GRAHAM BUFORDCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES EDMUND PEAYSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRISON GOINSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · September 5, 1968
- DANNY GALE MARTINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1969
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.