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GARY ELDON OOTHOUDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1946 – June 20, 1966
Service recordGary Eldon Oothoudt, of Cushing, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 68
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Cushing, Minnesota (Morrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 68
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN PHOEBUSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACHHospitalman · June 20, 1966
- EDWIN CHARLES ROLLINSSergeant · June 20, 1966
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.