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JAMES CARL KOTRC
Major · U.S. Army
June 7, 1940 – July 29, 1969
Service recordJames Carl Kotrc, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 71
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1940
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 71
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · July 29, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH KEINPrivate First Class · July 29, 1969
- FRED MICHAEL KERNSLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- JAMES ALFORD LANDRUMSergeant · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL MORRIS DENTONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 69
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 70
- JOHN EDWIN HISEYCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 71
- BRUCE MAGNUS LANGAUNETCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 72
- LARRY LYNN RIDDLESergeant · Panel 20W, Line 74
- JOSEPH PETER RUEBELCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 74
- KRIS EDWARD SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 74
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.