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ROBERT CARL GOTTIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 21, 1949 – November 24, 1970
Service recordRobert Carl Gottier, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1949
- Home of record
- East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 81
- BENJAMIN JONES ANTHONYStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1970
- MICHAEL DAVID GEHRTSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- PAUL GLEN KELLEYTechnical Sergeant · November 24, 1970
- WARREN HERBERT MOBLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
From East Stroudsburg
- WILLIS JUNIOR SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- DONALD ERNEST FISCHERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1970
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.