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MICHAEL LYNN OEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 18, 1950 – June 9, 1970
Service recordMichael Lynn Oen, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Wapakoneta, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 35
- DANIEL JACKSON MCMAHANSergeant · June 9, 1970
- FRANK JOSEPH QUINLAN JRSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
- JOHN LESLIE RYDERCaptain · June 9, 1970
- MICHAEL PATRICK TOMSICSpecialist Five · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH MARTIN VANHOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 36
- DAVID GERALD WEBERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 36
From Wapakoneta
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- GARY GENE DETRICKSergeant · April 13, 1969
- BRUCE KOLTERSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
- RONALD NEAL PARSONSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
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.