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THOMAS EDWARD ONEILL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1947 – February 12, 1966
Service recordThomas Edward Oneill JR, of Waltham, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Waltham, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 27
- GAYLORD NATHA KLINEFELTERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- STEPHEN GEOFFREY LORDLance Corporal · February 12, 1966
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- HENRY HERBERT MEASLEY JRPetty Officer First Class · February 12, 1966
From Waltham
- EMIL JEROME TADEVICHCorporal · December 31, 1965
- THOMAS FRANCIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN MILLER SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW DUPEREPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE RICHARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · November 29, 1967
- REGINALD JOSEPH GAUTREAULance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PAUL CHESTER KING JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- KENNETH FREDERICK MOORESPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
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.