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KEVIN GERALD OCONNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1947 – June 29, 1967
Service recordKevin Gerald Oconnell, of Williamsville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 84
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamsville, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 84
- JAMES ROBERT LESTERPlatoon Sergeant · June 29, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS MANGRUMLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- JUNIOR B PACKSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
From Williamsville
- THOMAS JON MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1968
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH BERGERCaptain · December 28, 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.