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GEORGE JOSEPH GOTTWALD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – February 2, 1968
Service recordGeorge Joseph Gottwald JR, of Roslindale, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Roslindale, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 73
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- PHILLIP O GUILLENSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- GILBERT LEE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- ALLEN CARSON HARDISONSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOEL HUMBERTO GONZALEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 72
- PETER HERMAN HEISSENBUTTELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 74
- WILLARD VERNON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 75
- RAYMOND EUGENE KRAMERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 76
- GARY JOSEPH LANDONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 77
- WILLIAM EARL LOZIERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 78
- CHARLES WASSEL PERMALOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 79
- HILBERTO ORTEGAPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 80
- WILMER POTTSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 85
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- GAYLORD JAMES SEBENSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- WILLIAM RANDAL TRUETTSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 1
From Roslindale
- CARL EDGAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- EDWARD THOMAS EGAN JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 12, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON JRPrivate · April 26, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL RALSTONCorporal · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM F MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
- NICKOLAUS CHARLES ZOZULASpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
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.