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TERRENCE PATRICK OBOYLE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – November 20, 1970
Service recordTerrence Patrick Oboyle, of Gary, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 74
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 November 20, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 74
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSergeant · November 20, 1970
- MARION EUGENE MEEStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SHRINERSpecialist Five · November 20, 1970
- RAY EUGENE TANNERCorporal · November 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WOOD BASNIGHTSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 73
- DENNIS HUMPHREY DALEPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 73
- WILLIAM ELGIN FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 73
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 74
- FRANCIS ALBERT ZERGGENCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 75
- DENNIS LEROY ZIEBARTHSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 75
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.