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VICTOR HUBERT ONEAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 5, 1942 – May 17, 1966
Service recordVictor Hubert Oneal, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 74
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- LARRY PAULLEYSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- RONALD LEE ECKERTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ARTHUR EUGENE LEWISCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 72
- LARRY PAULLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- BILLY EUGENE SNIPESStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 75
- BOBBY DALE SWINDELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 77
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.