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JAMES ALLAN OSTERLOTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1946 – March 26, 1968
Service recordJames Allan Osterloth, of Wibaux, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Wibaux, Montana (Wibaux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 39
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- CECIL RAY MILLSPAUGHSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE MOSSOSergeant · March 26, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE DOUGLAS ALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 26
- JOEL GARY ANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 27
- GENE THOMAS BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 27
- BENJAMIN JOSEPH BELARDESpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 28
- JOSEPH M BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 29
- ROBERT EUGENE CUNDIFFCaptain · Panel 46E, Line 31
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 31
- MICHAEL ANDREW FAYSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 32
- STEVEN HENRY GERLACHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 33
- DENNIS STEPHEN GLEASONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 33
- JAMES TONY GORSICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 33
- CHARLES LEE HOWESpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 35
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 35
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 37
- MAURICE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 38
- JAMES MYRON MOSERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 38
- CECIL RAY MILLSPAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 39
- LAWRENCE PAUL PENNELSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 40
- HARVEY JOSEPH TOMPKINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 42
From Wibaux
- FRANCIS JOHN ZINDAPetty Officer First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY JAMES FASCHINGCorporal · April 1, 1970
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.