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EDWARD LOUIS OTT III
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
March 12, 1939 – September 1, 1967
Service recordEdward Louis Ott III, of Rockville, Connecticut, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 1, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HELATKLRON 3 DET 1 LST 7
- Born
- March 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Rockville, Connecticut (Tolland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HELATKLRON 3 DET 1 LST 7”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 25E, Line 79
- DENNIS WAYNE LUGARSergeant · September 1, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- CLINTON MORELL RHOADES JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1967
- MELVIN JOSEPH RILEY JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DENNISON JOHNSONLieutenant Commander · Panel 25E, Line 78
From Rockville
- STEVEN GEORGE SLACKPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- EDWIN PHILLIP DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- DONALD CHESTER LEBLONDStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
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.