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ROGER DEAN OTTO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1951 – September 8, 1970
Service recordRoger Dean Otto, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 47
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
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 47
- JAMES BARNEY PERKINSSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
- CARL ROGER RAYMONDPetty Officer Third Class · September 8, 1970
- WALTER LEE STANKOSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CHARLES LARSENSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 46
- WALTER LEE STANKOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 47
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.