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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Thomas Herman Ohnesorge.

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THOMAS HERMAN OHNESORGE

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

December 24, 1944 – June 24, 1967

Service record

Thomas Herman Ohnesorge, of Strang, Nebraska, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 22E · Line 58

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
December 24, 1944
Home of record
Strang, Nebraska (Fillmore County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 24, 1967
Age
22
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 22E, Line 58

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.