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MICHAEL JOSEPH OKEEFE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 9, 1946 – April 29, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Okeefe, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 115
- PAUL LEO CYRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DALE CAUDILLPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 113
- DONNIE RAY DEHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 113
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 116
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.