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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Grady Conley.

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JAMES GRADY CONLEY

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

June 10, 1937 – November 7, 1971

Service record

James Grady Conley, of Calhoun, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2W · Line 63

Position of Panel 2W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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 First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
11 ARMORED CAV
Born
June 10, 1937
Home of record
Calhoun, Georgia (Gordon County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 7, 1971
Age
34
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

Context · from the records

What was happening

One name on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2W, Line 63

From Calhoun

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.