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HAROLD GENE BOTTOMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1948 – April 19, 1969
Service recordHarold Gene Bottoms, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 7
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD ALLARDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- DENNIS ROCCO CAMASpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1969
- JAMES CHARLES CROSECorporal · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 6
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- RICHARD LAMAR HANNONCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 8
- JOE GILBERT LONGORIASergeant · Panel 26W, Line 10
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 11
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 12
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.