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RICHARD ARLEN OMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 4, 1942 – April 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Arlen Oman, of Georgetown, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 66
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Texas (Williamson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 66
- JAMES CHARLES MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1969
- PAUL JAMESON NEELYSergeant · April 27, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE ORLANDOLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH PROKOPLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN BUGARINCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 60
- RICHARD IRA CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 61
- CLYDE ARTHUR GIDDINGSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 62
- GERALD HUFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 63
- CHARLES WENDELL JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 63
- DEAN RAYMOND JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 63
- JIMMY DONALD JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 63
- DANIEL ARTHUR KEENEPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 64
- WILLIAM HENRY KINDLESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 64
- WENDELL WAYNE LESLIESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 64
From Georgetown
- BEN DAVID SNOWDENMaster Sergeant · June 15, 1967
- LARRY RAY GUENTZELSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- ALAN RICHARD LYMANCorporal · June 13, 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.