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ROBERT LEE OCONNOR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – May 11, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Oconnor, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 19
- JOSEPH W CUNNINGHAM JRSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT OLSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1970
- JERRY WILLIAM PYLELieutenant Colonel · May 11, 1970
- SCOTT EUGENE SUTHERLANDSpecialist Five · May 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY PAUL BAKERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
- RAYMOND DEAN ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 17
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 18
- BRYAN THEOTIS KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 18
- ALBERT MILBURNStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 18
- DAVID MUNOZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 18
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.