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JAMES DOUGLAS CONN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1945 – January 16, 1970
Service recordJames Douglas Conn, of Houston, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 38
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 38
- RONALD JAMES FUITEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1970
- PAUL LAROY BINDERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
- NEDWARD CLYDE ESTES JRFireman · January 16, 1970
- KEITH BERNELL LACKEYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
- ROBERT MARC MILDNERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.