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DENNIS KENNETH OCONNOR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordDennis Kenneth Oconnor, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 3
- EASON JASPER MAXEYSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- DANIEL CHARLES PATTERSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- MARVIN NORBERT PROPSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE VON BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 71
- ERNEST FRISSELL COOKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 72
- WILFREDO CINTRON-MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 75
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 77
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.