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EDWIN THOMAS OCONNOR JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1946 – June 17, 1966
Service recordEdwin Thomas Oconnor JR, of Ludlow, Vermont, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Ludlow, Vermont (Windsor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 57
- GENE KARL HESSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1966
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- GERALD WALTER WARZECHAPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
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.