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WILLIAM WAYNE ONEIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1949 – January 21, 1970
Service recordWilliam Wayne Oneil, of Chesterfield, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Chesterfield, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 54
- FLOYD SANFORD MCCREERYSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- LARRY DONNELL MURRAYSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- JOHN DAVID FREDRICK PIESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES REITWIESNERSergeant · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES TERRY RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 55
From Chesterfield
- HOWARD WALKER KAISERFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
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.