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JOHN DONALD OSSMEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1947 – February 21, 1967
Service recordJohn Donald Ossmen, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 71
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
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 71
- TERRY JOHN PERKOLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RUDINECSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS SEYMOURSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- JOHNNIE SPENCER JRPrivate · February 21, 1967
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD WAGNERLance Corporal · April 5, 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.