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MICHAEL GRANT OCONNELL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – October 27, 1969
Service recordMichael Grant Oconnell, of Peru, Indiana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 124
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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Peru, Indiana (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 124
- JAMES WAYNE HERRICK JRCaptain · October 27, 1969
- EDWARD ARTHUR JAMESSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL MCKENNAPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- JOE LEE PETERSONPrivate · October 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALMET ENGELMANCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 123
- RALPH MACK SMITHCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 125
- CLARKE KEMBLE VICKREYPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 125
- JAMES ALAN WILKSSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 125
From Peru
- MICHAEL J MILLERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ALLEN GRIMESStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALAN MARKSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MILLERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- LINDEN DALE EILER JRCorporal · April 25, 1968
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · April 28, 1968
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · October 1, 1968
- WAYNE ELDON KAUFMANPetty Officer Third Class · February 14, 1970
- LEWIS ALAN WALTONWarrant Officer 1 · December 9, 1971
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.