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ROBERT PAUL ONAIL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – July 26, 1967
Service recordRobert Paul Onail, of Nelsonville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Nelsonville, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 3
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD CHARLES GOELZPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 2
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- JERRY RAY HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- HENRY LANGHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 3
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 3
From Nelsonville
- DANNY JOE HUDDYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN POLLEYPrivate · June 4, 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.