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ROBERT JOHN KOTIK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1946 – April 30, 1967
Service recordRobert John Kotik, of Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; 59 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 123
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JULIUS ALLEN KESSLER IIICorporal · April 30, 1967
- RICHARD LEE KINNEYHospitalman · April 30, 1967
- DONALD PETER LINDSLEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
From Mckees Rocks
- JOHN STEVEN WOOLHEATERPetty Officer Third Class · January 27, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES PATTONStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- JOHN PASS IIISpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN ROSENWALDPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GAULTSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD METZLERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
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.