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TERRY MIKEL CONWAY
Private · U.S. Army
April 27, 1951 – October 12, 1970
Service recordTerry Mikel Conway, of South Gate, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 128
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 27, 1951
- Home of record
- South Gate, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 128
- WILLIAM EDWARD BOONESergeant First Class · October 12, 1970
- MICHAEL ROYCE BORGHospitalman · October 12, 1970
- AMOS MARK CRAIGEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1970
- JERALD STEVEN DELONGCorporal · October 12, 1970
From South Gate
- DONALD WESLEY WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- GARY DEAN MILLERSergeant · March 30, 1967
- JOHN DEE MENDOZASpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RONNIE JOE CHARLESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- THOMAS KEITH BEAMONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WILSONPetty Officer First Class · January 14, 1969
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.