Harry Floyd Conrad

Specialist Four
B CO, 4TH BN, 12TH INF RGT, 199 INF BDE
Army of the United States
17 March 1945 - 14 March 1967
Hackettstown, NJ
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199 INF BDE 12TH INF RGT
CIB

Purple Heart (2), Good Conduct, Vietnam Service, RVN Military Merit, RVN Gallantry Cross, RVN Campaign medals
Harry F Conrad

The database page for Harry Floyd Conrad

10 August 2003

REMEMBERED

Harry rests with his parents, brother, and nephew
in the Newton Cemetery, Newton, New Jersey.

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Seven men of B Company, 4th Bn, 12th Infantry, died when they were ambushed while crossing an irrigation canal on rafts while on patrol. The concealed enemy opened fire while the U.S. soldiers were in mid-canal, killing two by gunshot and one with a fragmentation weapon. Four men drowned, pulled under by the weight of their gear. The seven men were
  • Cpl Fred Beile, St Louis MO
  • Sp4 Harry F Conrad, Hackettstown NJ
  • Sp4 Thomas E Garside, Flint MI
  • Sp4 Burlon T Honeycutt, Clayton NC
  • Sp4 Orville N Jones, Newfane NY
  • PFC Merlin E Ball, Garden City KS
  • PFC James R Cronin, Tucson AZ
Sp4 Harry Conrad was the platoon commander's radio-telephone operator; he carried a 20-pound backpack radio in addition to his other gear.

Additional information and photographs can be found on the
Warren County, New Jersey, Memorial Site .



The point-of-contact for this memorial is
his family
Sntz409@cs.com 
11 Aug 2003



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