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KENNETH EUGENE KOTYLUK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – April 24, 1968
Service recordKenneth Eugene Kotyluk, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 47
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 47
- BUFORD GERALD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · April 24, 1968
- LARRY ALLAN JONESLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- PAUL KASSATKINLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- DALE LEE LAMBERTSpecialist Five · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 44
- RUSSELL FLOYD DEITCHLERSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 45
- RALPH FREDENBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 45
- BUFORD GERALD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 47
- DALE LEE LAMBERTSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 47
- BRIAN HARDMAN PHILIBERTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51E, Line 49
- STUART ARTHUR WERNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52E, Line 2
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.