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JOHN WILLIAM CONRAD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – November 14, 1970
Service recordJohn William Conrad, of Fremont, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 59
- BRUCE CLINTON ELKINSSergeant · November 14, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- FRANK RICHARD HITESHUESpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- ROBERT SALAS ROCHASpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK RICHARD HITESHUESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 59
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 60
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 61
- BENIGNO ZAMUDIO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 61
From Fremont
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · February 2, 1968
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- KENNARD ERROL SVANOEFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
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.