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DAVID BRYAN OTSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1945 – November 22, 1967
Service recordDavid Bryan Otsen, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1945
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 65
- KENNETH GRANT OWENSPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- JOHN L PONTINGSergeant First Class · November 22, 1967
- TUNIS E RAPPLEYEA JRSergeant · November 22, 1967
- VALDEZ SHARPPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEONARD TRAVIS JRCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 67
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.