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DOYD DEWAYNE ONEAL
Major · U.S. Army
October 4, 1930 – May 31, 1964
Service recordDoyd Dewayne Oneal, of Lampasas, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 4, 1930
- Home of record
- Lampasas, Texas (Lampasas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1964
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 53
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
From Lampasas
- ROBERT BAILEY GREENStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1966
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · July 29, 1968
- JOHN CLYDE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD LABOUNTYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1971
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.