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OSCAR BIEHL JR
Captain · U.S. Army
May 28, 1929 – May 30, 1967
Service recordOscar Biehl JR, of Hamden, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 17
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 28, 1929
- Home of record
- Hamden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 17
- LEONARD ANDREA WYNNLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD CABRINILance Corporal · May 30, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH DEAN IIILance Corporal · May 30, 1967
- JOSEPH LEE RHINEHARTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
From Hamden
- ROBERT EDWARD BUSHLieutenant Colonel · March 24, 1966
- PIERCE IRVING ROBERTSONMajor · October 9, 1966
- ALAN IVAN SMITHSergeant · October 22, 1966
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · March 19, 1967
- JOHN THEODORE GALLAGHERSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- DONALD PORTER FERGUSONCorporal · January 13, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH DUELPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 1969
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.