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JAMES TIMOTHY ONEILL
Airman · U.S. Navy
March 15, 1953 – July 4, 1973
Service recordJames Timothy Oneill, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 4, 1973, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 119
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
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Airman (AN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- March 15, 1953
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1973
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1973. In July 1973, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 119
- GILBERT ALLAN ROVITOCaptain · June 14, 1973
- SAMUEL BLACKMAR CORNELIUSMajor · June 16, 1973
- JOHN JACKIE SMALLWOODCaptain · June 16, 1973
- SAMUEL WALTER YATESLance Corporal · July 16, 1973
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.