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JOHN EDWARD CONGER JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1950 – January 27, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Conger JR, of Lebanon, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 27, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 91
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 27, 1969
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 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
Also on Panel 34W, Line 91
- JAMES SANDFORD BURNETT JRSergeant · January 27, 1969
- ROBERT MERRILL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- WALLACE THOMAS CORBITTCorporal · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 91
- AUBREY GUY DAVISCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 92
- JOHN DAVID KEELSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 2
- JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 3
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · Panel 33W, Line 4
From Lebanon
- DAVID LYNN MCCONNAUGHEYPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- RONALD PERRY COATESLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- KYLE SMIDDYSergeant · June 26, 1967
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH CHILTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 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.