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MICHAEL LESLIE OVIEDO
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – January 23, 1969
Service recordMichael Leslie Oviedo, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 66
- FRANK DAVID MOORMANStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND MULVANEY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- EDWARD PAUL OGDENSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.