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JAMES JOHN OSHAUGHNESSY
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – March 25, 1969
Service recordJames John Oshaughnessy, of Closter, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Closter, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 104
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL LYONCaptain · February 5, 1970
- RALPH MARTINCorporal · February 5, 1970
- RONALD DALE PATECorporal · February 5, 1970
- WILLIAM SMITHCorporal · February 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GREEN JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 35
- EDWARD DONALD LAMOREUXPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 37
- GREG WENDELL MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 38
From Closter
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCHAUBLECorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLACaptain · July 29, 1969
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.