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WALTER JAMES ONEIL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 24, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordWalter James Oneil, of West Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 11
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 101 AVN BN 101 ABN DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- West Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 11
- WILLIAM ARNOLD BECKWITHLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- EUGENE LYNN MARKWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
From West Newton
- JOSEPH GALES GREENLEAFLieutenant · April 14, 1972
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.