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FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1948 – April 10, 1970
Service recordFrancis Joseph Oreilly, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rodman And Tapeman (82A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Hyde Park, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 119
- DONALD ROBERT PERKINS JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 1970
- CHARLES ALAN PURSELLCorporal · April 10, 1970
- RICHARD LEE WHITEMANSpecialist Five · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 117
- JOSEPH STEVEN NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 118
- RICHARD LEE WHITEMANSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 119
From Hyde Park
- WILLIAM FRANCIS JOYCEPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HENRYLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- ALVIN RICHARD GALEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
- DOMENIC SMIGLIANISergeant First Class · July 27, 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.