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LEROY ONEAL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – July 31, 1967
Service recordLeroy Oneal, of St Charles, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- St Charles, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 56
- ARNOLD OLAF NAKKERUDWarrant Officer 1 · July 31, 1967
- RONALD LYLE PACKARDCaptain · July 31, 1967
- RAYMOND ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1967
From St Charles
- ROBERT JOHN WILKINSLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- FLOYD WAYNE HARTWICK JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN REICHARDTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1970
- THOMAS HAROLD HUDSONSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- ROBERT JOHN MORRIS JRCaptain · December 26, 1972
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.