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HARRY EDWARD OXFORD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1944 – August 14, 1966
Service recordHarry Edward Oxford JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- October 27, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 5
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE HADDENFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM HANEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JAMES LOGAN MORRISPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.