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OTTO TOM WIEBEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1950 – March 26, 1971
Service recordOtto Tom Wieben, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 82
- ALBERT ALLEN VENCELCorporal · March 26, 1971
- GERALD ZLOTORZYNSKISpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
- ROBERT TIMOTHY BRADLEYCorporal · March 27, 1971
- ROBERT CONN CHAUDOINFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN REINHOLD HUART JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 80
- GERALD ZLOTORZYNSKISpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 82
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.