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GERARD FRANCIS OCONNOR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 20, 1947 – April 26, 1970
Service recordGerard Francis Oconnor, of Herington, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 56
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Herington, Kansas (Dickinson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 56
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSCorporal · April 26, 1970
- MANUEL ROMERO TORRESSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- JOSE GILBERTO VAZQUEZStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
From Herington
- JIMMIE LESTER TODDMaster Sergeant · February 28, 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.