The Wall › Panel 8E › Illinois › Michael Eugene Oguinn
MICHAEL EUGENE OGUINN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 9, 1946 – June 8, 1966
Service recordMichael Eugene Oguinn, of Murphysboro, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 23
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Murphysboro, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 23
- JOHN RUSSELL OAKEYSpecialist Five · June 8, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EUGENE CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- REUBEN L CLARK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 21
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 22
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 22
- ELADIO R MARROQUIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 22
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 25
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 25
From Murphysboro
- MICHAEL PHILIP SCHWEBELPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- THOMAS DEAN CONGIARDOPrivate First Class · October 8, 1966
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · May 10, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · April 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
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.