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RICHARD JOHN CONRARDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1951 – July 2, 1970
Service recordRichard John Conrardy, of Wright, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 110
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Wright, Kansas (Ford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 110
- RANDALL ALLEN CARVERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- WILLIAM FREDERICK EMANUELSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- CALVIN ROBERT GISHPetty Officer Second Class · July 2, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM ZOLLER IISpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM ZOLLER IISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS HAYDEN HERNDONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS THEODORE HEWITTCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 111
- LEE NEWLUN LENZSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- ARTHUR DARNELL NEALStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 112
- ROBERT PAUL RADCLIFF JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 113
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 113
From Wright
- GREGG FRANCIS STEIMELSergeant · July 31, 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.