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THOMAS WILLIAM OTTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 14, 1944 – February 3, 1968
Service recordThomas William Otte, of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Kaukauna, Wisconsin (Outagamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 11
- EDWARD MCCORVEY JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOHN WINCHESTER MCGUIREPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PAINTERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- JACK ALLAN PEACOCKSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE DICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 5
From Kaukauna
- ARNOLD RAYMOND SCHUHPrivate First Class · October 20, 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.