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MICHAEL STEELE CONFER
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
March 26, 1942 – October 10, 1966
Service recordMichael Steele Confer, of Mccook, Nebraska, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 10, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 65
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 23 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- March 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Mccook, Nebraska (Red Willow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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
Also on Panel 11E, Line 65
- GLEN F BULLOCKFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1966
- BRIAN DALE CLARKSergeant · October 10, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1966
- GLENN WILSON APPLEPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
From Mccook
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS GAGEStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE KLINGNERCaptain · April 6, 1970
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.