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ROBERT WILLIAM ONEIL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 7, 1944 – January 17, 1969
Service recordRobert William Oneil, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 17, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Born
- September 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 28
- RONALD FORREST NEALSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANCIS NOLAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 17, 1969
- GARY NEAL OLSOWSKILance Corporal · January 17, 1969
- BRUCE MARTIN REITERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.