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DANIEL JACQUES BOTTAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 1, 1946 – August 29, 1968
Service recordDaniel Jacques Bottan, of Santa Paula, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 56
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Paula, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 56
- DAVID LYNN ANDREWSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK ASHALLLieutenant Commander · August 29, 1968
- LARRY LEONARD FINCHERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALICEAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 55
- ALLEN SEVARN DUNBARPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 57
- ROBERT CONROY PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 57
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 60
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ROBERT JAMES MCDONOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- LOUIS CHARLES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ROBERT BRUCE RANDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 62
- GERALD WAYNE SPRINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
From Santa Paula
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · March 5, 1968
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- TIMOTHY ELTON LARMONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- JIM RAY CAVENDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 4, 1969
- LONNIE DEE FOLEYStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1971
- WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
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.