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MICHAEL WILLIAM OLEARY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1946 – June 7, 1969
Service recordMichael William Oleary, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 103
- JOHN STEPHEN LEWISCorporal · June 7, 1969
- RALPH TERENCE LOMENLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS LYNNPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 97
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 98
- STEPHEN EARL LARSENPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 102
- JOHN STEPHEN LEWISCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 103
- JOHN RANDALL PONTIERESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 105
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 106
- RAYMOND THURL TALBURTSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 107
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 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.