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ROBERT GENE OCONNELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 22, 1949 – February 15, 1970
Service recordRobert Gene Oconnell, of Camp Springs, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Camp Springs, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 17
- WINSTON JOHN SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1970
- NORMAN ALFRED TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1970
- JOSE EDWARDO VILLANUEVALance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- FRED CHARLES ZIMPFERPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY MAC COONSSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 14
- JOHN WILLIAM SIDNEY G KELLYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 15
From Camp Springs
- JOSEPH NELSON STEVENSLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD KNADLESecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM VADENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- DEAN GILMAN OWENSpecialist Five · April 6, 1968
- STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVASSergeant · August 3, 1968
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 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.