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ROBERT FRANK CONLEY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1943 – September 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Frank Conley, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Born
- May 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 55
- ANTHONY KONSTANT KERCOUDEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DAVID RUDOLPH LATSCHSpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
- STANLEY ROBERT LEWANDOWSKYPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LHOTASpecialist Four · September 21, 1968
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 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.