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WILLIAM JOSEPH OSKILANEC
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1946 – September 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Oskilanec, of Homewood, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Homewood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 8
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN WAYNE PARTRIDGEWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1968
- TONY GORDON POWELLSpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
- JOSE MANUEL QUESNEYCorporal · September 16, 1968
From Homewood
- MALLEN PHILIP OTTO ZUM JRFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL COFRANSergeant · March 18, 1968
- JAMES HOWARD WARDSpecialist Five · February 1, 1969
- THOMAS HOWARD MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- PARK GEORGE BUNKERCaptain · December 30, 1970
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.