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WILLIAM BRANDON OKIEFF
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 26, 1932 – November 27, 1970
Service recordWilliam Brandon Okieff, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 27, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 86
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 26, 1932
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 86
- PAUL THOMAS GILLASPIESergeant · November 27, 1970
- THOMAS WALTER GOSZEWSKICorporal · November 27, 1970
- JORGE LUIS JOURDAN-FONTSpecialist Four · November 27, 1970
- FREDERICK RICHARD NEEFAirman First Class · November 27, 1970
From Murfreesboro
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WADEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
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.