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GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1946 – November 1, 1968
Service recordGeorge Edward Kottyan, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 1
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 1
- HARRY JOHN KENNEYPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ELMER MARVIN KIVELPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- JERRY SMITH LEONARDPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
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.