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RAYMOND EARL OTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1949 – March 23, 1970
Service recordRaymond Earl Ott, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 36
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 MP CO 97 MP BN 16 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 36
- HOWARD GILBERT BENFORDSenior Master Sergeant · December 19, 1969
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- WILLIAM ITHEL PIRKLESergeant · March 23, 1970
- JOHN SCOTT RICKCorporal · March 23, 1970
- TOMMY HERMAN SWAINPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 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.