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Current Service Status
USA Veteran
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Current/Last Rank
Specialist 4
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Current/Last Service Branch
Infantry
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Current/Last Primary MOS
11B10-Infantryman
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Current/Last MOS Group
Infantry
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Primary Unit
1969-1969, 11B10, A Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry
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Previously Held MOS
45H-Small Missile Systems Repairman
11B20-Infantryman
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Service Years
1967 - 1970
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Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Voice Edition
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1963, Navy Together We Served
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1975, National Rifle Association (NRA)
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2008, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 1919 (Life Member) (Austin, Texas)
- Chap. Page
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2008, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), National Headquarters (Member)
- Chap. Page
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2010, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 3242, Ray Mc Corkle Post (Member) (Las Cruces, New Mexico)
- Chap. Page
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2014, Police Together We Served
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2019, Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV)
- Assoc. Page
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1967-1967, 45H, US Navy
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1967-1967, 45H, US Navy Reserve, US Navy
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1967-1968, 11B10, Fourth (4th) Army
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1968-1969, 11B10, The Student Brigade, Infantry Center and School, Fort Benning, GA
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1968-1969, 11B20, The School Brigade (Cadre/Staff) Fort Benning, GA
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1969-1969, 11B10, A Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry
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1969-1969, 11B10, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
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1969-1969, 11B10, 27th Surgical Hospital
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1969-1969, 11B10, 6th Convalescence Center
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1969-1969, 7th Field Hospital
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1969-1969, 11B10, US Army Hospital, Camp Zama, Japan
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1969-1969, 11B10, 90th Replacement Battalion
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1969-1969, 11B10, A Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry
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1969-1969, 11B20, 90th Replacement Battalion
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1969-1970, 11B10, HHC, 1st Battalion, 58th Infantry
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1969-1970, 11B10, 197th Infantry Brigade
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Please describe who or what influenced your decision to join the Army. |
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Whether you were in the service for several years or as a career, please describe the direction or path you took. Where did you go to basic training and what units, bases or squadrons were you assigned to? What was your reason for leaving? |
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If you participated in any military operations, including combat, humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, please describe those which made a lasting impact on you and, if life-changing, in what way? |
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Did you encounter any situation during your military service when you believed there was a possibility you might not survive? If so, please describe what happened and what was the outcome. |
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Of all your duty stations or assignments, which one do you have fondest memories of and why? Which was your least favorite? |
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From your entire military service, describe any memories you still reflect back on to this day. |
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What professional achievements are you most proud of from your military career? |
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Of all the medals, awards, formal presentations and qualification badges you received, or other memorabilia, which one is the most meaningful to you and why? |
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Which individual(s) from your time in the military stand out as having the most positive impact on you and why? |
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List the names of old friends you served with, at which locations, and recount what you remember most about them. Indicate those you are already in touch with and those you would like to make contact with. |
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Can you recount a particular incident from your service, which may or may not have been funny at the time, but still makes you laugh? |
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What profession did you follow after your military service and what are you doing now? If you are currently serving, what is your present occupational specialty? |
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What military associations are you a member of, if any? What specific benefits do you derive from your memberships? |
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In what ways has serving in the military influenced the way you have approached your life and your career? What do you miss most about your time in the service? |
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Based on your own experiences, what advice would you give to those who have recently joined the Army? |
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In what ways has TogetherWeServed.com helped you remember your military service and the friends you served with. |
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What are you doing now:
I am retired. I travel and seek other types of leisure activities. I attend reunions of fellow former members the crew of the USS Coral Sea as well as more frequent reunions with fellow former members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the Viet Nam War.
Well, it is time for an update as of August 2023. I married in 2019. We moved to Arkansas a year later. 40 Ozark acres and a small country home, with outbuildings, a pond, and 2 creeks, all located, as the neighbor says: "down in the holler".. I travel little now, and that by car. I am beginning to feel my age and find limitations in what I can do and for how long. We really enjoy just being on this place, no matter some little bit of hard work. The house is about finished remodeling, inside and out. Next month we will be able to sit and relax again as soon as we clean the contractors' messes up. I had to hire out the portions of the property I want cut since my neck injuries are becoming more of a problem.
I still intend to attend reunions occasionally, though it has been 5 years since I did so. I am trying to make time daily to post on TWS.
I am most proud of being a veteran and the men with whom I served. I keep in close touch with a few of them who are closer than the general group members.
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Other Comments:
MY MILITARY MOS's:
As copied from my military records. I worked in the United States Navy Boatswain's Mate job while unassigned for approximately 2 years, and only a short while as assigned BM0100. I never worked in either United States Army Guided Missile Repairman MOS I was awarded, but attended a Leadership Course and filled an infantry slot while I tried to get the Army to straighten the mess out. The MOS mix up was based on my Navy experience with Sidewinder Air to Air Missiles, which the Army used as Chapparal Ground to Air missiles.
Job Specialty Codes or MOS's which I held:
As Johnny S. Conroy, USN; serial number 6997078:
22 Oct 63- 21 May 65 Navy Code - Unassigned 0000
22 May 65 - 25 Aug 65 Boatswain's Mate BM0100
26 Nov 65-01 Jan 67 Aviation Ordnanceman, Guided Missile AO6800
02 Jan- 29 May 67 Aviation Ordnanceman, Guided MIssile 6878
As Johnny S. Conroy, USA, serial number RA15810079:
24 Nov 67 - 25 Feb 68 Basic Combat Trainee 09B00
26 Feb 68 - 31 May 68 AIT Trainee 11B10
20 June 1968 - ? Special Electronic Development Repairman 35E20
31 May 68 - 25 Sep 68 Small Missile Systems Repairman 45H20
26 Sep 68 - 30 Jan 69 Light Weapons Infantryman 11B20
31 Jan 69 - 1 May 69 Light Weapons Infantry Instructor 11B4H
Then it was no longer instructor as I was assigned to Viet Nam, and both there and later back in the states it reverted to 11B series, light weapons infantryman and I remained assigned as an infantryman until my discharge.
Formal Military Schools attended:
1. Sidewinder 1-C Systems 5 days March 1966 NAS Mirimar, California
2. Certificate of Qualification as Qualified Helmsman, USS Coral Sea (CVA 43)
4 Mar 1965, Tonkin Gulf, Viet Nam
3. Leadership 5 days Feb 1968 Ft Polk Academy, Ft Polk, La.
4. 101st Airborne Division Screaming Eagles Combat Leader's Course #39
6 days April 1969 Camp Ray, Bien Hoa, RVN
5. Personnel Management Procedures 60 hours July 1970 Ft Benning, GA
6. TOW Missile Instructor Training 5 days Aug 1970 Ft Benning, GA
Also, award not available on ATWS:
The Weapons Department of the USS Coral Sea was awarded the (Proper name?) Battle Efficiency E, to be worn on the left uniform sleeves of those of us who were assigned to that unit in January, 1965. This was a result of the extensive ship and squadron testing in Hawaii that every ship transiting from the 2nd Fleet (West Coat) to the Pacific (7th) Fleet was required to undergo before it could leave Hawaii.
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