Lorenza Conner

Vietnam War
Unit555th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromCartersville Georgia
Date of DeathOctober 27 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Conner was a member of the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On October 27, 1967, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission over North Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on December 4, 2007 and identified on May 2, 2008. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.