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WILLIAM STEPHEN OGDEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1949 – February 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Stephen Ogden, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 72
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 1969
- JOHN VINCENT KUCHTALance Corporal · February 6, 1969
- RAFAEL MELENDEZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES OHARASergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 70
- ROBERT CHARLES OHARASergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 72
- DAVID EUGENE PADGETTMajor · Panel 33W, Line 73
- WILLIAM MILAM HARRISONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 74
- CHARLES IRVIN STANLEYChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 33W, Line 74
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.