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THOMAS LELAND OSTEEN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1951 – November 19, 1970
Service recordThomas Leland Osteen JR, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Colonial Heights, Virginia (Colonial Heights(City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 71
- BRUCE CHARLES HALBACHSergeant · November 19, 1970
- FRANKLIN ALVIN HAMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1970
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PERRYMANSpecialist Five · November 19, 1970
From Colonial Heights
- MERRILL BARNESSergeant First Class · May 26, 1969
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.