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EDWARD PAUL OGDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1945 – January 23, 1969
Service recordEdward Paul Ogden, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 66
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 66
- FRANK DAVID MOORMANStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND MULVANEY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- MICHAEL LESLIE OVIEDOCorporal · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER LEONARD ALAGNAPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 63
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 64
- DENNIS HAROLD GUTHRIESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 65
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 66
- JERRY ALLEN PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 67
- BENEDICT JOHN TRIPODOCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 68
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 69
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.