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JOHN RICHARD BOTTESCH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 24, 1934 – July 19, 1966
Service recordJohn Richard Bottesch, of Munhall, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 19, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 36
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 24, 1934
- Home of record
- Munhall, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 36
- KENNETH MERLE BRANAMANPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- DANNIE JAMES BREWINGTONPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- THOMAS J BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- JOHN TOSHIO DOIKEPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
From Munhall
- LAWRENCE LEE KELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 12, 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.