The Wall › Panel 50W › Michigan › Richard Mark Oneal
RICHARD MARK ONEAL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1948 – July 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Mark Oneal, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 15
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 15
- TERRY ALLEN FRECHETTESpecialist Four · July 26, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS MCNUTTPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- ERIC PARKERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
- MANUEL MENDOZA SIQUEIROSPetty Officer Second Class · July 26, 1968
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 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.