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MICHAEL MAURICE OCONNOR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1945 – June 4, 1969
Service recordMichael Maurice Oconnor, of Waterloo, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 66
- DENNIE MCMEANSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- JAMES MICHALSKIPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- JAMES GREGORY MILLERFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1969
- DANIEL SCOTT MULLERPetty Officer Third Class · June 4, 1969
From Waterloo
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENSergeant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · March 4, 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.