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JAMES RONALD OAKLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – February 23, 1968
Service recordJames Ronald Oakley, of Grand Gorge, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Gorge, New York (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Long Khanh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 4
- DANNY RALPH PIERCEPrivate · February 23, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK STROCKSergeant · February 23, 1968
- ALLAN FRANCIS SULLIVANChief Petty Officer · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ISOMSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 75
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.