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DAVID MARTIN BOTTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1948 – August 20, 1968
Service recordDavid Martin Botts, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 6
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
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 6
- VICTOR BOOCHKOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- GREGORY VERNON CARRSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- VERNON WEBB CHRISTIAN JRSergeant · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS ELLIE GAUPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 8
- MICHAEL RAY GOINSPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 8
- ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 12
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.