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ROBERT ALAN CONLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1948 – March 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Alan Conley, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 28
- DONNIE WAYNE CAUDILLSergeant · March 13, 1969
- HENRY CHAMBERLAINStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1969
- CORNELL RICHARD R CLARKESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- CHARLES VAUGHN DUPRESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY CHAMBERLAINStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 28
- THOMAS JOHN KOOBSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 30
- JOSEPH MICHAEL URBANCZYKSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 33
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.