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LINUS LABIN OAKLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 14, 1949 – October 29, 1971
Service recordLinus Labin Oakley, of Carthage, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 29, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 54
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 6100 FLD MAINT SQ
- Born
- October 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Carthage, Arkansas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1971; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 54
- BOBBY BLAKE WHITECorporal · October 28, 1971
- JOHN PARM CARR IIISpecialist Five · October 29, 1971
- JIMMY LAWRENCE HAYNESPrivate First Class · October 29, 1971
- GENE WALLACE STOCKMANSergeant First Class · October 29, 1971
- JAMES LLOYD VAUGHANLieutenant Colonel · July 8, 1972
From Carthage
- MICHAEL CROWDERSpecialist Four · January 5, 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.