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JAMES RAYMOND ONEILL
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 24, 1922 – February 6, 1963
Service recordJames Raymond Oneill, of Levittown, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 6, 1963, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 18
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 24, 1922
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1963
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1963; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1963, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 18
- JOHN PETER BARTLEYCaptain · February 3, 1963
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- BERNARD LEROY GRAYSergeant First Class · February 11, 1963
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
From Levittown
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · May 4, 1968
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.