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CURTIS ONCHI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1945 – March 24, 1969
Service recordCurtis Onchi, of Portland, Oregon, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 28
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 28
- ARTHUR JAMES MCINTYRESergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY REX MOSSLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- BOBBY JOE NEWMANSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL JOSEPH CREWSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 24
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.