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JERRY LEWIS OGREN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1945 – September 16, 1969
Service recordJerry Lewis Ogren, of Stockton, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 96
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 96
- JOHNNY RAY MCKENZIEPrivate · September 16, 1969
- LARRY GRAYDON MOOTHARTSergeant · September 16, 1969
- WALTER STANLEY OLINSKY JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 16, 1969
- M C PAGEStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LENVER SELDONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 98
- THEODORE WOOD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 99
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 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.