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TODD WHITNEY OTTMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – September 18, 1970
Service recordTodd Whitney Ottman, of Victor, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Victor, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 72
- LUCO WILLIAM PALMASeaman · September 18, 1970
- EDWARD LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1970
- LAWRENCE C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1970
- MARK EVAN HAMBLETONStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1970
From Victor
- EDWARD CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 15, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SETTERSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
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.