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OPHREY AUSTIN IRVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1943 – May 25, 1969
Service recordOphrey Austin Irvin, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 104
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 104
- JACK LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- KEITH ALAN KAHLSTORFPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- MARIO LAMELZACorporal · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WESLEY GENE ICEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 103
- CALVIN RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 106
From Chillicothe
- GEORGE W COTTRILL JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 16, 1966
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
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.