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DENIS OCONNOR
Captain · U.S. Army
May 3, 1940 – October 10, 1967
Service recordDenis Oconnor, of San Francisco, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 3, 1940
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 85
- FREDERICK JAMES MILEY JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- JAMES BUCKSON MOORELieutenant Colonel · October 10, 1967
- CHARLES OTTIS NEALSergeant · October 10, 1967
- EDWARD M SELKREGG IIILance Corporal · October 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CLIFFORD AUBERTCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 83
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 84
- LOREN LESLIE ERTELSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 84
- FREDERICK JAMES MILEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 85
- JAMES BUCKSON MOORELieutenant Colonel · Panel 27E, Line 85
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 86
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.