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HERBERT D GOTT III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1949 – May 9, 1971
Service recordHerbert D Gott III, of Burnt Hills, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dail/Manual Central Office Repairer (36H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Burnt Hills, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 28
- HENRY RONALD MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1971
- JOHN JAMES WOODRUMCaptain · May 9, 1971
- KLAUS YRURGEN BINGHAMStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- DAVID DANA CAMPBELLSergeant · May 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.