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CLAUDE ALOYSIUS ONLEY
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1927 – February 11, 1967
Service recordClaude Aloysius Onley, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 17
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1927
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 17
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- ABRAHAM B REESEPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- OLIVER GILMAN ROWE JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1967
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.