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JAMES C OREILLY JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
June 20, 1948 – September 4, 1967
Service recordJames C Oreilly JR, of Brighton, Massachusetts, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 107
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Brighton, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 107
- RICHARD JOHN NASHAWATYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- DENNIS ALLEN OMILIANHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VINCENT ROBERT CAPODANNOLieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 95
From Brighton
- RAYMOND MAURICE DARRIGANSergeant First Class · February 6, 1967
- LOUIS DAVID DOBBIN IIFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH SERVENT JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- LEO EDWARD SWAN JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVANSecond Lieutenant · July 8, 1968
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BURNSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAN IVAN RASENYUCKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- BENNIE FRANK JONESPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.