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JOHN THOMAS OCONNOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Oconnor, of Forest Park, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 18
- ROMMIE OLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RAYMOND ORDONEZSergeant · June 29, 1968
- TIMOTHY SAMUEL OWENStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1968
- RICKY VAUGHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 16
- MICHAEL LOUIS LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54W, Line 17
- ROBERT LEE TYESCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 19
From Forest Park
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCANNELLPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSONSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- DURWYN LEE WOLFStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
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.