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LOOMIS OGLESBY III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1937 – March 3, 1966
Service recordLoomis Oglesby III, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 97
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1937
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5E, Line 97
- WILLIAM JONES JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- CHARLES WAYNE RADERLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- DENNIS LEE TALKINGTONLance Corporal · March 3, 1966
- GARY CHARLES ALLENPrivate · March 4, 1966
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
- LARRY EDWARD CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.