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THEODORE R CONLEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1949 – November 29, 1968
Service recordTheodore R Conley JR, of Lenoir, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Lenoir, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 8
- ROBERT JOSEPH TARANTOSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- WILLIAM MILLER VITALEFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
- DOUGLAS LEROY WARNERPrivate First Class · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
From Lenoir
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- WALTER J SPAINHOUR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · September 11, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · 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.
