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PATRICK LOUIS OTT
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1943 – October 2, 1967
Service recordPatrick Louis Ott, of Cupertino, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · 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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmf/Vmf(Aw)f-8d/E (7532)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMF AW 235 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- December 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Cupertino, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 41
- SAMUEL C PHILLIPS IIISergeant · October 2, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- ROGER THURSTON SAWYERSCaptain · October 2, 1967
From Cupertino
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY JACK CLANTONCaptain · March 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 1971
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.