The Wall › Panel 25E › Pennsylvania › Carlton Mattes Ottey
CARLTON MATTES OTTEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 12, 1946 – August 23, 1967
Service recordCarlton Mattes Ottey, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 34
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 34
- FRANCIS BARNES MIDNIGHTCaptain · August 23, 1967
- MICHAEL P MOSBACHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- PATRICK LAWRENCE NESSEnsign · August 23, 1967
- DANIEL THOMAS OLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CONVERY JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 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.