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LOUIS GEORGE ONOHAN
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
March 24, 1943 – April 24, 1964
Service recordLouis George Onohan, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 24, 1964, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 50
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
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 24, 1943
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1964
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1964; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 50
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- CARMINE ANTHONY CERVELLINOSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
- GEORGE E CHAMBERLIN JRLieutenant Colonel · May 5, 1964
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- EDWARD CHARLES JONESSergeant · September 20, 1968
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.