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JAMES EDWARD OTOOLE JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – July 20, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Otoole JR, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 20
- TERRY LEE MCNEARCorporal · July 20, 1968
- DAVID JAMES OHMSergeant · July 20, 1968
- RICHARD GORDON PIXLEYLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT DALE RYANLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 17
- ERNEST EVANSSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 17
- AUSTIN DALE GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 18
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 19
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.