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JOHN SADAO OTAKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1948 – March 7, 1969
Service recordJohn Sadao Otake, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 68
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 68
- LEWIS LEVI MCDONALDPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES MCNAMARASpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JOSEPH EDWIN NESKEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- TED QUINTON REED JRSergeant · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DANIEL LAYNESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 66
- RICHARD LAVERNE MUSSERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 67
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.