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RAYMOND MAX OTTMERS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – August 23, 1967
Service recordRaymond Max Ottmers JR, of Fredericksburg, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Fredericksburg, Texas (Gillespie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 35
- COLEMAN JOHN KANE JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- RONALD NICHOLIS SITTNERMajor · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY STINSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
From Fredericksburg
- DANIEL MCNEIL GUNNPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- SAMMIE J VOLLMARPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SCHONBERGPrivate First Class · February 2, 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.