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DEAN WILLIAM OLTMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1947 – November 5, 1968
Service recordDean William Oltman, of Hampton, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Hampton, Iowa (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 23
- ROGER DALE JUSTICESergeant · November 5, 1968
- JEAN PIERRE V PELLICANOSergeant · November 5, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT RICHSecond Lieutenant · November 5, 1968
- JOSE GUADALUPE SANCHEZ JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER JOSEPH JIRSASergeant · Panel 39W, Line 20
- DAVID ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 21
- HERMAN LEROY MCINTIREPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 22
From Hampton
- GREY H WAGNERSergeant · January 10, 1968
- EDWARD VANEVERY JRSpecialist Five · June 1, 1970
- STEVEN RAY STOLTZSergeant · June 18, 1970
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.