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TIMOTHY JOHN OCONNOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1952 – October 23, 1970
Service recordTimothy John Oconnor, of Loogootee, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 13, 1952
- Home of record
- Loogootee, Indiana (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 18
- RICHARD LEE TATESergeant · October 23, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1970
- WILLIAM MANSON DAULTONLance Corporal · October 24, 1970
- JERRY STEVENSON FORDSpecialist Four · October 24, 1970
From Loogootee
- JAMES VERNON HEMBREESpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- THOMAS STEVEN HICKMANCorporal · August 26, 1970
- CHARLES RAYMOND CONOVERStaff Sergeant · September 1, 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.