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OLIVER PIERCE DAMROW
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 24, 1947 – July 11, 1967
Service recordOliver Pierce Damrow, of Kinde, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 11, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 50
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Kinde, Michigan (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 50
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- DANIEL FRENCHY DEBUTTSPlatoon Sergeant · July 11, 1967
- JEWELL FLETCHER DODGESergeant · July 11, 1967
- MARION TROY EAKINSSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
From Kinde
- DONALD MICHAEL COOKCorporal · October 27, 1968
- GERRY ALBIN POLEGAPrivate First Class · February 13, 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.