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DOUGLAS RALPH OTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1945 – June 5, 1968
Service recordDouglas Ralph Ott, of Mahtomedi, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 21
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.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Mahtomedi, Minnesota (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 21
- GAYLORD BLAIN HENDRICKSONPlatoon Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- JOSEPH PAUL NOELCorporal · June 5, 1968
- ELIEZER ORTIZPrivate · June 5, 1968
- BLANE MARKWOOD RUBYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
From Mahtomedi
- JOHN DESMOND STUART JRSeaman · December 16, 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.