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DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1948 – August 2, 1969
Service recordDavid Cornelius Oconnor, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 88
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 88
- GARRY DWIGHT BARBEECorporal · August 2, 1969
- DWIGHT PINZA MCKEATHONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- ROLAND HAROLD NADEAUPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- JAMES FRANK POTTERSergeant · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE DEWEY CONRAD JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- DAVID LLOYD DELOACHCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 85
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRESHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 86
- GERALD STEPHEN LOTRIDGECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 87
- VENANCIO VERACorporal · Panel 20W, Line 90
- CARL RAY WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.