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PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – October 6, 1967
Service recordPaul Anthony Oestreicher, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 60
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 60
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD LEWISSergeant · October 6, 1967
- DON WILLIAM LINTHICUMPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL DINGLESpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 58
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 1968
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.