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DENNIS MICHAEL ONEILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1943 – February 2, 1966
Service recordDennis Michael Oneill, of Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Bedford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 133
- DAVID ACEL FAIRCHILDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SIDNEY JOHN ELYEASpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 132
From Bedford
- ROBERT PATRICK RUMLEY JRCaptain · May 18, 1968
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.