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SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1944 – March 25, 1966
Service recordShirley Wayne Oboyle, of Beckley, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 49
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Beckley, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 49
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- RONALD M NEUMANPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MAYNARD EPPSSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 48
- RONALD M NEUMANPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 49
From Beckley
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · April 5, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 1969
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.