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JOHN R OGLESBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordJohn R Oglesby, of Tustin, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Tustin, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 27
- RANDALL GALE MILLIGANAirman First Class · May 15, 1968
- FRANK GEA NAVARROCorporal · May 15, 1968
- DAN LEE NEUENSCHWANDERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- ROBERT GARY OLSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARDELL BORDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 19
- ROBERT MARTIN DONOVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 21
- JAMES ROY FISHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 60E, Line 22
- WILLIAM LLOYD LAMBSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 24
- FRANK GEA NAVARROCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 27
- GARY JOHN SHEASpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 2
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 3
- WILLIAM DAVID STIRRUPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 61E, Line 3
- FREDERICK WAYNE TAYLORSpecialist Five · Panel 61E, Line 3
From Tustin
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY CHURCHILLLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- CARLOS RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- ALLAN GREGORY SWAIMSergeant · August 1, 1968
- CHRISTY ALBERT PEEBLERSergeant · June 13, 1969
- ALLEN JACQUES DUROYPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
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.