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MICHAEL ANDREW OKEEFE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1949 – November 29, 1969
Service recordMichael Andrew Okeefe JR, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 16, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 7
- JAMES IRVIN MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
- CHARLES VARENCE PENNCaptain · November 29, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL PIASECKIPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HOWARD BOISEPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 3
- CALVIN BERNARD MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 6
- JOHN MICHAEL PIASECKIPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 7
- LARRY ELLIOTT WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 8
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.