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OTTO CHARLES GRABOW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1946 – May 18, 1967
Service recordOtto Charles Grabow, of Bethpage, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Bethpage, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 28
- BRUCE ALAN GRANDSTAFFPlatoon Sergeant · May 18, 1967
- WILLIE ROGER GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- CARL RAYMOND HALLBERGPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- FRANKLIN GEORGE HAZZARDLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
From Bethpage
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- LEONARD FREDERICK JANTZENSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY MORGANLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1968
- GUIDO FARINAROLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HASENFLUGPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HENAGHANSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.