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JAMES ELTON ONEAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1942 – November 24, 1967
Service recordJames Elton Oneal, of Millington, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Millington, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 80
- GORDON STUART MCCLARYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- RAYMOND PEREZSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ALOYIS DOUGHERTYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 76
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 79
- RICHARD LEE SANDERSCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 81
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 81
- WILLIAM CARY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 82
- RAMON HERNANDEZ TORRESSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 82
From Millington
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- THOMETT DARTHAN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- PAUL JOSEPH STRAUSSERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT L SMITHSergeant · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM LARRY EVANSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE KEELEYPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · March 4, 1969
- ELTON HARROLD ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1970
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.