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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Francisco Jimenez-Oneill.

The Wall › Panel 16W › Puerto Rico › Francisco Jimenez-Oneill

FRANCISCO JIMENEZ-ONEILL

Master Sergeant · U.S. Army

May 10, 1930 – November 20, 1969

Service record

Francisco Jimenez-Oneill, of Humacao, Puerto Rico, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16W · Line 100

Position of Panel 16W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Master Sergeant (MSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Food Service Supervisor (94Z)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
May 10, 1930
Home of record
Humacao, Puerto Rico (Humacao County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 20, 1969
Age
39
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

Context · from the records

What was happening

34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 16W, Line 100

Same unit, same day

From Humacao

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.