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WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 24, 1946 – May 28, 1965
Service recordWilliam Joseph Oakley, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 126
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 126
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- RANDOLPH TRUMAN HICKSPrivate · May 28, 1965
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- MYRON MCCLELLAND PFOUTZWarrant Officer 1 · May 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- FOSTER F TRIGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 1E, Line 127
From Waterbury
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.