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MICHAEL STEVEN OSTEEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Steven Osteen, of Gulf Hammock, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Gulf Hammock, Florida (Levy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 25
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · May 5, 1968
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LYN DOUGLAS OBERDIERCaptain · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARRIUS WAYNE ADAMSCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 42
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 3
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 7
- JOHN W ECKELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 10
- RAYMOND LEON GEE JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 12
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 19
- RONALD MIDDLETONPrivate · Panel 55E, Line 21
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 28
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 31
- SAMUEL EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Gulf Hammock
- JOHN LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 14, 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.