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JOHN LEWIS KOTORA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1948 – May 3, 1970
Service recordJohn Lewis Kotora, of Vermilion, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Vermilion, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 92
- ARTHUR ELVIN LACHANCEStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- ERNEST REGINALD LASHER JRSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- PERRY ANDRE LECLERCSpecialist Five · May 3, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
From Vermilion
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.