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PATRICK J OSHAUGHNESSY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 10, 1947 – June 29, 1969
Service recordPatrick J Oshaughnessy, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 34
- HARRELL SAMUEL MEFFORDWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1969
- ROBERT DUANE PAULUSSecond Lieutenant · June 29, 1969
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
- BENNY DAVIS STUCKEYSergeant · June 29, 1969
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
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.