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MICHAEL BARRY OCONNOR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1949 – May 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Barry Oconnor, of Winter Haven, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 39
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Winter Haven, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 39
- JOHN RUNYON NEARY IIPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GEORGE CHARLES OLSENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
From Winter Haven
- GERALD EVERETT OLSONMajor · March 13, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH STEWARTColonel · March 15, 1966
- RICHARD E HOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · July 21, 1967
- JACKIE LEE MELTONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- BILLIE RAY MCCALLSergeant · February 22, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD ULYSES MASTERSPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- HERBERT MARSHALL ALLENSergeant · June 19, 1968
- JOHN HULSEY HAYSCaptain · November 8, 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.