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JOHN MICHAEL OFARRELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – January 14, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Ofarrell, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 2
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 2
- DAVID ALDEN LANDSeaman · January 14, 1969
- GREGORY LLOYD RICESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- JACK DEAN SHOCKCorporal · January 14, 1969
- PAUL AARON STONESergeant · January 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID VERNON ADAMSCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 86
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 86
- RICHARD ADIUTORISpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 86
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 87
- MARVIN L MCCULLOUGH JRCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 1
- LYLE THOMAS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 1
- GREGORY LLOYD RICESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 2
- PAUL AARON STONESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 2
- JOHN EARL WARREN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 3
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.