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HECTOR DAVID OYOLA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – August 14, 1970
Service recordHector David Oyola, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 111
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
- LESZEK STANLEY KARSZNIASpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- FRANKLIN KING NELSONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1970
- ALVIN LEWIS PEMBERTONSergeant First Class · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN FELTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 110
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 111
- FRANKLIN KING NELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 111
- DUANE EVERETT WALDRONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 112
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.