Name: WO1 Raymond Lester Conway
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 02/01/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 23.1
Date of Birth: 12/11/1944
Home City: Alexandria, VA
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: B/3/17 CAV
Major organization: 1st Aviation Brigade
Flight class: 67-19
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 36E-048
Short Summary: Died from hostile small arms wounds while co-pilot of a military aircraft per death certificate.
Aircraft: UH-1C tail number 66-15027
Service number: W3158490
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 062B = Helicopter Pilot, Utility and Light Cargo Single Rotor
Primary cause: Ground Casualty
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Started Tour: 12/07/1967
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Location: Kien Hoa Province IV Corps.
Reason: gunshot or small arms fire
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Presbyterian
Burial information: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VA
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 02/28/2009
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