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MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – June 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Conrady, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 22
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Sheffield Lake, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 22
- BILLY EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · June 1, 1968
- JERRY JEROME COLEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MITCHELL PAULLIS CONELLYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- GARY KOYLE DARRAHSergeant · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD ARNOLDSpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 19
- JACK WAYNE CALFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 20
- DONALD DAVID MEISSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 4
- GEORGE RICHARD PROCTORStaff Sergeant · Panel 61W, Line 5
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 9
From Sheffield Lake
- WAYNE EDWARD BENGESergeant · September 23, 1966
- CODY ALLEN BALISTERILieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK BYRNESergeant · March 8, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNITCHLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- PAUL DOUGLAS STRAHMFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- RICHARD LOWELL IRVINSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
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.