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DANIEL JEROME OCONNOR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 1, 1938 – April 26, 1968
Service recordDaniel Jerome Oconnor, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 22
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 1, 1938
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 22
- JOHN LEWIS MCDANIELMajor · April 26, 1968
- JAMES J MCKINSTRY JRCaptain · April 26, 1968
- CALVIN IAN NESBITTPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.