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VAUGHN THOMAS ONEIL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – November 21, 1967
Service recordVaughn Thomas Oneil, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 58
- JERRY DUANE MCDONALDCorporal · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MCLEODPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT OCHOACorporal · November 21, 1967
- RAYMOND PLUMEYSergeant · November 21, 1967
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.