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RAYMOND LESTER CONWAY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 11, 1944 – February 1, 1968
Service recordRaymond Lester Conway, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 48
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 48
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- CHARLES HERMAN COOKPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR GAGNONMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS LEKIRKLAS GRIFFINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36E, Line 49
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 52
- TOMMY GERALD SANDEFURChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36E, Line 59
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.