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JOHN RUSSELL OAKEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 6, 1943 – June 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Russell Oakey, of Grantsville, Utah, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 23
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Grantsville, Utah (Tooele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 23
- MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEROY CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- DEWEY LINDON FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- AVERY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 21
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · Panel 8E, Line 21
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 22
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 24
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 24
- PHILLIP ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 24
- JOSEPH TORZOKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 24
From Grantsville
- ARNOLD LEE BOLINDERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- LYLE THOMAS MOORESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- RICHARD CRAIG JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
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.