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GUSTAV OSTRAKOVIC
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1950 – September 12, 1968
Service recordGustav Ostrakovic, of Cortland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Cortland, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 40
- MARION LUTHER OXNERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- DALE ARDEN PALMPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- JOHN EVERETTE PERRYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES PINTERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
From Cortland
- ANDREW RICHARD SINCHAK JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · March 7, 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.