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THOMAS DUCKETT OCONNOR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1945 – January 3, 1968
Service recordThomas Duckett Oconnor, of Allendale, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Allendale, South Carolina (Allendale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 30
- WESLEY JUNIOR MCKINNEYLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- JACK WILEY MCKINNON JRSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- IVAN ALLEN ORT JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- JOHN HENRY PATTONLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
From Allendale
- ELIZABETH ANN JONESSecond Lieutenant · February 18, 1966
- BILLY JAMES LAWTONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
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.