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PATRICK J CONROY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1948 – April 5, 1968
Service recordPatrick J Conroy, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 13, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 15
- ANDREW ZBIGNIEW BUCIORCorporal · April 5, 1968
- JOHN FRANK CANDELASPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY CARDINALEHospitalman · April 5, 1968
- DONALD JOHN MATOCHASecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 14
- VANCE ALYN BERRYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 14
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CEPHUS GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 17
- ERNEST ALPHONSO LANGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 18
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 18
- JOHN ROBERT PIERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 19
- NORMAN EUGENE SMALLCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 20
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · Panel 48E, Line 21
- ROGER ELGIN WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 21
- FRED YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 22
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.