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JAMES THADDEUS CONWAY
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – April 25, 1970
Service recordJames Thaddeus Conway, of Tuscarawas, Ohio, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Tuscarawas, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 49
- WILLIAM FLOYD DACUSSpecialist Five · April 25, 1970
- JEFFREY BRUNS DODGESpecialist Five · April 25, 1970
- DAVID JOHN ELLEFSONLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
- DOUGLAS P MCCORKLE JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 48
- JAMES HARRISON BROOKS JRSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 48
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MAYBERRYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 51
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 51
From Tuscarawas
- THOMAS ALAN RONALDPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.