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MICHAEL RAY CONNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 17, 1947 – April 22, 1970
Service recordMichael Ray Conner, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 34
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 34
- THOMAS YUJI ADACHISenior Master Sergeant · April 22, 1970
- KENNETH EUGENE AZNOEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
- WILLIAM LESLIE BROOKSColonel · April 22, 1970
- CHARLIE BROWN DAVIS JRColonel · April 22, 1970
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.