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RICHARD ARTHUR OVAITT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 12, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordRichard Arthur Ovaitt, of Ramsey, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 33
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Ramsey, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 33
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · August 8, 1968
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · August 8, 1968
- LESLIE JON TEGTMEIERSergeant · August 8, 1968
- MYRON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS BARTLETTSpecialist Five · Panel 49W, Line 28
- GARY LEE HIGBEECaptain · Panel 49W, Line 29
- WILLIAM SAMUEL IRBYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 30
- ELIAS CASTRO JURADO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 49W, Line 31
- DICKIE LYNN LEACHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 31
- RONALD LEE NOLDNERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 32
From Ramsey
- ERIC C MAGNUSON JRSpecialist Four · December 30, 1966
- CHARLES ERNEST HOSKING JRMaster Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- ADAMO ERMINO DEANGELISCaptain · October 31, 1969
- PAUL ELLIOTT SERVENSpecialist Four · March 27, 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.