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ORAN LOTHIER BINGHAM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1941 – August 7, 1971
Service recordOran Lothier Bingham, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 125
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 125
- WALTER JOSEPH VICHOSKY JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1971
- BRUCE ALLAN BERGSergeant · August 7, 1971
- LOREN DOUGLAS HAGENFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1971
- ALFRED FRANK POSPISILSpecialist Four · August 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ALLAN BERGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 125
- LOREN DOUGLAS HAGENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 125
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.