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JAMES ROBERT NOVOTNY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1947 – March 20, 1967
Service recordJames Robert Novotny, of Morton Grove, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 125
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Morton Grove, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 125
- JAMES WILLIAM LOHREYLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- OSCAR FRANKLIN NICEWANDERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 117
- FRANTZ MARIO BARONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 118
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 120
- THOMAS DUANE DARLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 120
- RAYMUNDO F DEHERRERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 120
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 121
- GARY LYNN HOBBSCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 122
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 123
- DENNIS RICHARD MORRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 124
- DONALD LEE NEELYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 124
- OSCAR FRANKLIN NICEWANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 125
- FREDDIE DAVID JONES SRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 126
From Morton Grove
- THOMAS HOLT PILKINGTONLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID NODDINPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- NORMAN ANTHONY MILLERMaster Sergeant · December 1, 1968
- FRANK DANIEL WALTHERSCorporal · August 1, 1969
- THOMAS CARL WIDERQUISTFirst Lieutenant · May 3, 1972
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.