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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Dale Lester Otto.

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DALE LESTER OTTO

Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

September 16, 1945 – May 14, 1967

Service record

Dale Lester Otto, of Ellendale, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 19E · Line 120

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Lance Corporal (LCPL)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
Born
September 16, 1945
Home of record
Ellendale, Minnesota (Steele County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 14, 1967
Age
21
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 19E, Line 120

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.