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JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1931 – August 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Joseph Oneill JR, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on August 13, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 133
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 20, 1931
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 13, 1966
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 133
- ERMAN MILFORD NEWMAN JRMajor · August 12, 1966
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- PERCY W MCCLATCHYStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- GERALD LERVERNE MENTZERSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RONALD DEVERS SRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 132
- GARY LIONEL VINASCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 2
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
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.