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WILLIAM LYNN OAKLEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 9, 1944 – February 18, 1966
Service recordWilliam Lynn Oakley, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 48
- JAMES WESLEY MIZE JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JOSEPH VAUGHN MURRAYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 18, 1966
- DOMINIC J PREIRA JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- WILLIAM CECIL RIGGPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.