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OSCAR ALFRED DAY
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
March 19, 1935 – May 3, 1970
Service recordOscar Alfred Day, of Hermon, New York, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 3, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 90
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- March 19, 1935
- Home of record
- Hermon, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 90
- CARL RUSSELL CHURCHILLCaptain · May 3, 1970
- LAWRENCE YERGES CONAWAYLieutenant Colonel · May 3, 1970
- ROGER GENE CRAIGSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- FRED DENKINS JRStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
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.