Unit: Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th InfantryBrigade
D.O.B. January 07,1950 (Columbus OH)
Home Record: Lebanon OH
Date Loss: January 27, 1969
Country Loss: South Vietnam
Coordinates Loss: 103954N 1062519E (XS555802)
Status:(1973) Missing in Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel in Incident:(none missing)
Synopsis
PFC John E. Conger, Jr. was a rifleman for Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Brigade, and was serving in that capacity on January 27, 1969 on a search and destroy mission in Long An Province, South Vietnam near the city of Tan An. The unit was inserted by helicopter and began a sweep.
On January 28, U.S. artillery and aircraft shelled and bombed the area while U.S. ground forces cordoned off the area. By January 29, the area had been secured, but Conger and the other individuals could not be located. On October 13, 1969, the remains of the individuals who had been missing with Conger were found, but no trace of Conger was
located. No further searches were conducted. PFC John Conger was declared Missing in Action. It was never learned whether he was killed that day in January or not. He might have survived to be taken prisoner.
Update-July 21, 1997-recieved notice from the MIA/POW office that they still don't know if Conger was killed or taken prisoner.
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James William Holt
Update-Recieved notice form the MIA/POW office that Holt was killed in action, although they could not recover the body, at the time.
I wrote to the President and ask what is being done to find out more information on our MIA"S and POW's.
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