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JOHN FRANCIS CONLON III
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 18, 1941 – March 4, 1966
Service recordJohn Francis Conlon III, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 4, 1966, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 101
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 TFS
- Born
- February 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 4, 1966
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 101
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- BRUCE DAVISCorporal · March 4, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- SEAN PAUL DODSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- WAYNE BENJAMIN WOLFKEILColonel · August 9, 1968
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.