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MICHAEL JERRARD KOTULLA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1946 – April 12, 1967
Service recordMichael Jerrard Kotulla, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 19
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- NICHOLAS KRIMONTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- DONALD VICTOR LAWSON JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- FRANK ANTHONY MADISONAirman First Class · April 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- COLBURN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 18
- NICHOLAS KRIMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 19
- DONALD VICTOR LAWSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 19
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.