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JOSEPH STANLEY OTT
Fireman · U.S. Navy
June 15, 1948 – July 14, 1968
Service recordJoseph Stanley Ott, of Albany, New York, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 30
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 30
- RICHARD ALLEN MCGEATHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT MCWHIRTERSpecialist Four · July 14, 1968
- JESUS F ORTEGA JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- DONALD R PHILLIS JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 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.