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ROY TULANE OKEEFE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1946 – February 6, 1968
Service recordRoy Tulane Okeefe, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 65
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Chevy Chase, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37E, Line 65
- RICHARD CONAWAY OBRIENSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES ORISONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD PADUCHOWSKICorporal · February 6, 1968
- JIMMIE CHARLES PALMOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
From Chevy Chase
- THOMAS WELLER MCCARTHYCaptain · March 3, 1964
- DAVID LAWTON HODGESLieutenant · October 7, 1967
- CHARLES LAWRENCE FLOTTCaptain · June 5, 1972
- PATRICK A DECK JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- GEORGE BADEN WARINGMajor · August 26, 1972
- JEREMIAH FREDERICK COSTELLOCaptain · May 25, 1973
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.