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OLIVER EVANS DEAL JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1946 – November 1, 1969
Service recordOliver Evans Deal JR, of Lancaster, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 12
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ground Supply Officer (I) (3002)
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 12
- CHARLES F DANIELSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 1, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- LARRY DAVID DUPRECorporal · November 1, 1969
- ALLEN THOMAS ELDER JRMaster Sergeant · November 1, 1969
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 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.