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MICHAEL RAYMOND OJILE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 21, 1948 – June 15, 1967
Service recordMichael Raymond Ojile, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 107
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 107
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- WALTER JOHN LYONSSecond Lieutenant · June 15, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE METCALFLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN MYERS JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL BOWMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 103
- JOE ROBERT DEBAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 104
- JUAN JOSE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE ADAMS HURDSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 106
- FLOYD H RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 108
- LOUIS JAMES PURDYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 109
- VALENTINO TAUAESESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 109
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 110
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 110
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.