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SYLVESTER E CONLEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 21, 1944 – March 10, 1968
Service recordSylvester E Conley JR, of Maxton, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Maxton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 5
- ARTHUR LEE CHISOLMLance Corporal · March 10, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN DAFFERMaster Sergeant · March 10, 1968
- RAYMOND ARTHUR DUBBSFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1968
- MIKE ESPINOSAPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 44E, Line 4
- MARSHALL DAYLE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 10
- ROBERT RERASergeant · Panel 44E, Line 11
- JESSE ELLISON SCAVELLA JRSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 11
- STEPHEN MICHAEL WORLEYCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 13
From Maxton
- JOHN HOWARD HERRINGLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JIMMY LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · September 4, 1968
- RHONNIE LEE CLARKSergeant · November 17, 1968
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.