Background
O’Neill, John William was born on April 22, 1918 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William H. and Mary J. (Healy) O’N.
government official air force officer
O’Neill, John William was born on April 22, 1918 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William H. and Mary J. (Healy) O’N.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Boston University, 1940. Master of Literature, U. Pittsburgh, 1951. Graduate Air War College, 1955.
Second lieutenant United States Army, 1940, advanced through grades to Lieutenant general United States Air Force, 1967. Various assignments, United States, 1940-1944. Lead group pilot 28th Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, Pacific Theater of Operations, 1944-1945.
Air operations officer, pilot command aircraft, atomic bomb tests, Bikini, 1946.
Liaison officer with chief naval operations Navy Guided Missile Program, 1946-1947. Section chief Headquarters United States Air Force, comptroller Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, 1951-1954.
Comptroller in Burtonwood, England, also assistant director programs United States Air Force Europe, Wiesbaden and Ramstein, Germany, 1955-1958. Deputy commander ballistic missiles, later deputy chief staff plans and operations Air Force Ballistic Missile Division, 1958-1961.
Director staff group Office Director Defense Research and Engineering, Office Secretary Defense, 1961-1964.
Commander Electronic Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1964-1947. Commander Space and Missile Systems Organisation, Los Angeles, 1967-1969. Vice commander Air Force Systems Command, Washington, 1969-1972, retired, 1972.
President Armed Forces Relief and Benefit Association, 1972-1977.
Married Dorothea M. Howley, November 22, 1941. Children: Brian A., Dennis M. (deceased), Janice M., Stephen T., Kathleen A., Michael J., Peter South. Commissioned.