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LONDON CONAWAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – April 3, 1969
Service recordLondon Conaway, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 4
- JAMES WILLIAM AGNEWSergeant · April 3, 1969
- RICHARD BERNARD BRUSHSergeant · April 3, 1969
- PETER BUGBEE CHRISTIANSONMajor · April 3, 1969
- RONALD DEAN DESKINSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THOMAS JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 6
- D J KELSEYSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 6
- ROBERT NICHOLAS PRETESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 7
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 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.