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MORTIMER LELANE OCONNOR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
June 13, 1930 – April 1, 1968
Service recordMortimer Lelane Oconnor, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 35
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1930
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 35
- STUART MURRAY MCLELLANLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- RICHARD DOMENIC NICOLINIPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH PURCELLLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALDEN BRENNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 30
- ALEJANDRO DEJESUS-MUNOZSergeant First Class · Panel 47E, Line 31
- GARY BLUITT HARRISSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 32
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 33
- CURTIS ALLEN RHODESCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 36
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.