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OTTO JOHN OSTENFELD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 9, 1950 – January 17, 1970
Service recordOtto John Ostenfeld, of Linden, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Linden, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 41
- DONALD PAUL SLOATSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- PHILIP EDWIN SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- JAMES LEO THONENCorporal · January 17, 1970
- LYNWOOD KEETON THORNTONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1970
From Linden
- FRANKLIN MICHAEL TUNICKLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE KNOSKYCorporal · May 14, 1967
- JEFFREY CHARLES HAHNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- PETER W SCOTTSergeant · December 25, 1967
- EUGENE LAWPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DAVID RAYMOND WIENCKOSKIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- EDWARD TYRONE WESTLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1968
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS FARAWELLPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.