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JAMES FRANKLIN MOTT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – August 30, 1969
Service recordJames Franklin Mott, of Manchester, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 11
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Manchester, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 11
- ROBERT ALAN HANEYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant First Class · August 30, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS KELLEYStaff Sergeant · August 30, 1969
- ISRAEL MARTINEZ JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN JEAN BUTTERFIELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 10
- ROBERT VERNON GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 10
- GREGORY NEESE TRIMNALSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 12
- SCOTT MITCHELL VERNERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 12
From Manchester
- DAVID MICHAEL QUEYSergeant · January 19, 1967
- JOHN GERALD CURTINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES WHITEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR RHUDAPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- KEITH ALLAN MILLERPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH KRAJEWSKISpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- RAYMOND CLARK HOLMANLance Corporal · June 16, 1969
- VICTOR DELGRECO JRSergeant · March 2, 1970
- EVERETT EDWARD RINESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
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.