The Wall › Panel 60W › Ohio › Anthony Paul Oreilly
ANTHONY PAUL OREILLY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1938 – June 3, 1968
Service recordAnthony Paul Oreilly, of Kettering, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 3
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Kettering, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 3
- GEROLD JEROME MCADAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- GENE FRANCIS MORRISONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
- MARVIN WINSTON MURRAYCorporal · June 3, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH NESTICHPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 19
- STEVEN CLARENCE BUSHCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 20
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 20
- JAMES EDWARD BYRD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 21
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CHUBBUCKCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 22
- BRIAN JAMES CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- DANNY JOE DARTPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- JESSE WILLARD DOWLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- CARL KELLY ALLCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 24
- WAYNE R HAWKINSCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 1
- ROBERT DEAN JANSSENCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 1
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 1
- WILLIAM LEE JARBOEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- BILLIE CLIFFORD LOOMISPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- FRANK JOSEPH NESTICHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 3
- ALAN ROBERT OTTCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 4
- BILL DEAN POFFSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 4
- CLARK D STICKLERCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 4
- GARY LEE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 5
- DAVID RAY SQUIRESSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 5
- CLIFFORD STAPLETONSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 5
- KENDALL WILLIAM THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 6
- JOSEPH RONALD VALENTINEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 6
- DAVID CLARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 7
From Kettering
- RICHARD ANDRESEN WESTCorporal · October 8, 1967
- TERANCE M BOZARTHFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE BURKESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH SCHAAFSergeant · July 26, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.