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JAMES EDWARD CONKRIGHT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – October 20, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Conkright, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 94
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 94
- LARRY DALE BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1969
- JACK CALAMIASergeant · October 20, 1969
- JOSEPH VINCENT CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · October 20, 1969
- JAMES IVORY COLEMANCorporal · October 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE LEE KEITHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 97
- MICHAEL RAY SAMPLESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 98
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
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.