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MICHAEL JOSEPH OTOOLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – December 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Otoole, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 54
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 54
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT FRED SCHNEBELSpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE SMITH JRSpecialist Five · December 20, 1968
- HOWARD JAMES VAUGHANCorporal · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CLARK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 48
- DOUGLAS JOHN HAAN JRCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 50
- DENNIS FRANCIS MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 53
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.