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MELVIN HUBBARD CONNER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1948 – March 31, 1969
Service recordMelvin Hubbard Conner JR, of Riverside, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 99
- ARTHUR PAUL KONEVALPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · March 31, 1969
- PETER MARY NEELance Corporal · March 31, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES OSHEAPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
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.