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ONEAL ADDISON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 6, 1927 – May 4, 1966
Service recordOneal Addison, of West Ensley, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- May 6, 1927
- Home of record
- West Ensley, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 22
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- AARON BUCKLEY AUMILLERSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- ROGER LEE BERGPrivate First Class · May 4, 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.