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RICHARD LEE OTTE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1943 – December 15, 1966
Service recordRichard Lee Otte, of Freeport, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Freeport, Illinois (Stephenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 48
- ROBERT HARRY HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 20, 1966
- ROBERT EARL PUGHSpecialist Five · December 15, 1966
- ROY RATCLIFFCorporal · December 15, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- LORENZO CLARKSergeant First Class · December 16, 1966
From Freeport
- DONALD WAYNE KEEPCorporal · January 8, 1968
- LARRY WESLEY MACKSpecialist Five · April 20, 1968
- LOUIE JOHN SHIANNASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BONEBRIGHTSergeant · May 18, 1969
- BARRY LEE ARMSTRONGCorporal · February 2, 1970
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · March 17, 1970
- JERRY LYNN POOLCaptain · March 24, 1970
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.