Warren Newton Conway enlisted on 3 January 1943. He died non battle in service 16 July 1944 in Florida.
He was the son of Eugene Gordon Conway and Laura Z. Henry.
The Greeneville Sun, July 17, 1944
Ensign Warren Conway, U.S. Naval Aviation was killed instantly in an airplane crash.
Ensign Conway following the completion the first of June of his flight training course at the Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, Fla., the Annapolis of the Air, was awarded the Navy’s Wing of Gold and was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve. After spending a leave with his parents he left three weeks ago for New Orleans to complete his training.
He is survived by his parents and one brother, Gordon R. Conway who is somewhere in Italy. Ensign Conway before entering the service was employed at the First National Bank in this city.
- Rank: Ensign
- Date of birth: 23 November 1921
- Date of death: 16 July 1944
- County: Greene
- Hometown: Greeneville
- Service Branch: Navy
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Wing of Gold
- Burial/Memorial Location: Oak Grove Cemetery, Greeneville, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar IX, Middle Panel
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