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RICHARD ARNOLD OSTEEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1945 – August 29, 1966
Service recordRichard Arnold Osteen JR, of St Augustine, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aerial Navigator - Trainee (7371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 18, 1945
- Home of record
- St Augustine, Florida (St Johns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 56
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS MCCORKLEPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- WALTER LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
From St Augustine
- LEO CURTIS CHASE JRPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM CHARLTONPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- ROBERT EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- LEON FAIRDEN HUBERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHELLEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- TOM DAVIS JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- HENRY LEROY QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- JIMMIE DON COXPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRCaptain · April 21, 1972
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.