Tech Sgt. Irvin F. Conley was born on April 20, 1919, in Zona, West Virginia, one of 15 children of Ord and Ethel Gandee Conley. He graduated from Walton High School in 1938, attended Glenville State College from 1938 to 1941, and served in Company M of the Spencer National Guard in 1939. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry on July 13, 1944, and was killed in action on August 10, 1944, at Mortain, France. Spencer VFW Post 5783 was named in his honor.