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JOHN VINSON OCONNOR JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1926 – December 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Vinson Oconnor JR, of Roseville, California, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 9, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 76
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 10, 1926
- Home of record
- Roseville, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 76
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- LYNN MICHAEL MATTESONSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- CARROL WILLIAM MINORSeaman · December 9, 1968
- KENNETH LEROY NEWBY JRHospitalman · December 9, 1968
From Roseville
- MARIANO R NEGRANZA JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1966
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · May 15, 1967
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · May 6, 1968
- JAMES ERVIN BOOTHMajor · June 23, 1968
- LESLIE WILLIAM ROYALL IIIHospitalman · July 7, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN YATESLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE BRACELance Corporal · March 30, 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.