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THOMAS PHILIP ONEILL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1942 – March 14, 1970
Service recordThomas Philip Oneill, of Dover, New Hampshire, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 128
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- April 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Dover, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 128
- MARTIN JOHN DIMARZIOStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN MEEHANCorporal · March 14, 1970
- LOUIS A PAVLACKY JRCorporal · March 14, 1970
- JIMMY DARRELL ROBERSONCorporal · March 14, 1970
From Dover
- JOSEPH ROBERT ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- BARRY MALCOLM HILLSGROVEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- THOMAS J MORRISSEY JRCorporal · June 5, 1968
- GERALD JAMES FROSTCorporal · June 8, 1968
- RAYMOND COYLE DALEYFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAELSergeant · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- DENNIS NICK VATISTASPrivate First Class · December 22, 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.