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MICHAEL L OTTO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – May 29, 1967
Service recordMichael L Otto, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 14
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- RICHMOND ROSS LUCEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- BRUCE K MANNINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- BILLY CESAR MCFALLSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ENOCH ANDREW BALLANGERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- JOHN MICHAEL BIONDIPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 8
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 9
- ALAN BRADLEY CIPRIANISpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RANDALL VINCENT COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 10
- RONALD CHARLES DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 10
- WILLIAM CHARLES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 13
- MATHEW L JOLIVETTESpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 13
- BRUCE K MANNINGCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 14
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 16
From Aurora
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CORNELISONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
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.