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LYN DOUGLAS OBERDIER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 14, 1937 – May 5, 1968
Service recordLyn Douglas Oberdier, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 25
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 25
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · May 5, 1968
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL STEVEN OSTEENSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.