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MICHAEL PATRICK OCONNOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – March 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Patrick Oconnor, of Troy, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 93
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
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 93
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWARD NOHE JRPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- FRANCIS SHERMAN OBERSONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN ONEILLFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON BEARDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 84
- RANDY RONELL BOYKINSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 85
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 86
- ALTON LEE ELLISPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
- STEVEN CHARLES ERBENTRAUTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
- CALVIN NORMAN JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 87
- DAVID JAMES HORDERNCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 90
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 90
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · Panel 30W, Line 95
- DONALD LEE SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 96
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 96
- HUEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 97
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.