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LAWRENCE YERGES CONAWAY
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 16, 1930 – May 3, 1970
Service recordLawrence Yerges Conaway, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 3, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 497 TFS
- Born
- October 16, 1930
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “497 TFS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 90
- CARL RUSSELL CHURCHILLCaptain · May 3, 1970
- ROGER GENE CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- OSCAR ALFRED DAYChief Petty Officer · May 3, 1970
- FRED DENKINS JRStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL RUSSELL CHURCHILLCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 90
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.