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WILLIAM FREDRICK OTTO
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1941 – May 11, 1966
Service recordWilliam Fredrick Otto, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 49
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 49
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- GARRY HAROLD LINDERLance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- ROGER D MANNSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 48
- WAYNE MCKENNELY TRAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 50
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.