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BRIAN JOSEPH OCALLAGHAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1945 – January 16, 1970
Service recordBrian Joseph Ocallaghan, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 39
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 39
- JESSE DEFOREST CANFIELDSpecialist Four · January 16, 1970
- CARLTON F MCCAGG JRSpecialist Four · January 16, 1970
- KENNETH CHARLES MCTIERSpecialist Five · January 16, 1970
- EARL ARCHER PEAKSpecialist Six · January 16, 1970
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.