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STANLEY JOHN OTTMAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1949 – April 10, 1969
Service recordStanley John Ottmar, of Burt, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 51
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Burt, North Dakota (Hettinger County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 51
- RICKY DAVID MAUNEYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- STEVEN LEE MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- JOHN LOUIS MORGAN JRCorporal · April 10, 1969
- JOHN GORDON NURSESergeant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN DAUBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 48
- DWIGHT MONTGOMERY DURHAMSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 48
- THOMAS JAMES HUCKABASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 49
- ROBERT ALLAN JINESSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- MICHAEL WAYNE LIZARRAGASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- JOHN GORDON NURSESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 51
- LOEL FLOYD LARGENTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 52
- EUGENE CONSTANTINO ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 53
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.