CONAWAY, GARY LEE
REMAINS RETURNED 8/84
Name: Gary Lee Conaway
Branch/Rank: United States Navy/E6
Unit: Patrol
Squadron 1
Date of Birth: 22 October 1938
Home City of Record: BLUE ISLAND IL
Date of Loss: 14 October 1967
Country of Loss: South Vietnam/Over Water
Loss Coordinates: 115325 North 1090948 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 4
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
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Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.
REMARKS:
REMAINS RETURNED 8/84 FAMILY HAS NUMEROUS STORIES
CACCF DROWNED/SUFFOCATED/KHANH HOA 10 year Navy veteran
No further information available at this time.
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01/2020
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On April 26, 1984, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii
(CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Aviation Machinist's
Mate First Class Gary Lee Conaway, missing from the Vietnam War.
Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Conaway joined the U.S.
Navy from Illinois and was a member of Patrol Squadron 1. On
October 24, 1967, he drowned in the vicinity of Cam Ranh Bay,
Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. His remains were recovered a few
weeks later, but they could not be identified at the time, and
they were buried as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery
of the Pacific in Hawaii. In 1984, advances in forensic
technology prompted the re-examination of his remains, and
investigators were able to identify them.
Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Conaway is memorialized on
the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of
the Pacific.
If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.