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WILLIAM EUGENE OCONNOR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1940 – December 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Eugene Oconnor, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Laundry Machine Operator (3261)
- Born
- November 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 58
- ADELBERT EARL MCRAESergeant · December 21, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE NOVAKLance Corporal · December 21, 1968
- RODNEY TERRANCE PRATTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- RUBEN PRIETOSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
From Hilton Head Island
- SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER JRStaff Sergeant · May 9, 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.