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VERNON LEE OSTERTAG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – September 22, 1967
Service recordVernon Lee Ostertag, of Carondelet, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Carondelet, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 11
- COLIN KEITH HIPKINSLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOSEPH SYLVESTER HUME JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1967
- REGINALD ARCHIE JORDANLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LEWIS H PROUDFOOT IIIPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
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.