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A J BOTTOM
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 19, 1930 – January 15, 1967
Service recordA J Bottom, of Ludlow, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 31
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 147 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1930
- Home of record
- Ludlow, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “147 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 31
- EUGENE WHITECorporal · January 14, 1967
- FRANCIS JOHN ZINDAPetty Officer First Class · January 14, 1967
- DALE EARL BENSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- GARY RODNEY BOYETTPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHN HARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 35
- ROBERT GREER STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 14E, Line 38
- KENNETH WARREN TEETERSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 39
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.