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OTTO WAYNE AUE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – October 15, 1968
Service recordOtto Wayne Aue, of Live Oak, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 63
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Live Oak, Florida (Suwannee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 63
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- TERRY LYNN TIMMSSergeant · October 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY WILSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
- SCOTT THOMAS WIMMERPrivate First Class · October 14, 1968
From Live Oak
- DUNCAN EDWARD BASS JRSergeant · November 18, 1966
- LARRY JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 24, 1968
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- JAMES NEIL WALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.