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OTTO ROBERT ENSSLIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – April 22, 1967
Service recordOtto Robert Ensslin, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Waukesha, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 68
- PETER EVERETT COOKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK ENGLISHSpecialist Four · April 22, 1967
From Waukesha
- JAMES PETER HARTEAUPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- DONALD GLEN DINGELDEINPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH FRISCHMANNLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WEEDENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- CORNELIS A VANDERSTERRENCorporal · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT POFFCorporal · February 3, 1969
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 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.