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OTTIS EDWARD STRINGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1948 – July 12, 1969
Service recordOttis Edward Stringer, of Lufkin, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 109
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Lufkin, Texas (Angelina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 109
- CALVIN GENE MAGUIRESergeant · July 12, 1969
- LARRY D MCKOYCorporal · July 12, 1969
- PETER XAVIER PIKECaptain · July 12, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SIRESPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
From Lufkin
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · November 12, 1965
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · September 29, 1967
- CLENZELL MORRISPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- EDDIE CLAYTON HARRISPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- WESLEY EUGENE HODGESCorporal · February 23, 1968
- BENNIE JOE SISSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHN CLARK HURSTCaptain · July 13, 1968
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE RICKSSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- CHARLES QUINTEN POLKPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.