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EUGENE C OATES III
Captain · U.S. Army
September 5, 1944 – August 4, 1969
Service recordEugene C Oates III, of Bryan, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 95
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Engineer Unit Commander (1330)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Bryan, Texas (Brazos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 95
- GEORGE STANTON DORMANColonel · August 4, 1969
- RICKEY ELTON HARRISCorporal · August 4, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS LOSTUTTERPrivate First Class · August 4, 1969
- DANIEL LEE MERSHONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WYMAN GENE BRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 94
- FRED MICHAEL RAGLANDCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 96
From Bryan
- JOHNNIE LINTON GARNERCaptain · September 2, 1967
- SAMMY ARTHUR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD HEBRONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE TOLIVERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 2, 1969
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1970
- GERARD REX BONIFAZISergeant · June 16, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THORNTONCorporal · June 19, 1970
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 1971
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.