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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Russell Kevin Ogden.

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RUSSELL KEVIN OGDEN

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

March 2, 1950 – November 12, 1968

Service record

Russell Kevin Ogden, of Apache Junction, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 39W · Line 56

Position of Panel 39W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
March 2, 1950
Home of record
Apache Junction, Arizona (Pinal County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 12, 1968
Age
18
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

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24 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.