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TERRENCE EDWARD ONEIL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordTerrence Edward Oneil, of Beacon, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Beacon, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 12
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · May 23, 1968
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR MCGURTYCorporal · May 23, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE NELSONStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- STEVEN WAYNE OLSENCorporal · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN VICTORY DELARAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 66E, Line 8
- CHARLES RUSSELL MILLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 11
- CLIFTON THOMAS TAYLORCorporal · Panel 67E, Line 3
From Beacon
- JAMES SHERWIN PITTMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- PHILIP REGINAL MATTRACIONPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1967
- EVERETT EDWARD FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · July 20, 1967
- WILLIAM RONALD PHILLIPSSeaman · March 23, 1968
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD DEVINECorporal · December 16, 1969
- JOHN JAY BENNETTSpecialist Five · March 2, 1970
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.