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DAVID JAMES OHM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – July 20, 1968
Service recordDavid James Ohm, of Alden, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Alden, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 20
- TERRY LEE MCNEARCorporal · July 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD OTOOLE JRSpecialist Five · July 20, 1968
- RICHARD GORDON PIXLEYLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT DALE RYANLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN FRANCIS ANGELLSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 16
From Alden
- GERALD RAYMOND NEWBROUGHSergeant · December 12, 1967
- DAVID LLOYD PARKERSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.