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RODNEY HERSCHEL GOTT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 3, 1947 – February 5, 1969
Service recordRodney Herschel Gott, of Miami, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 5, 1969, in Laos, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 65
- GEORGE LEE KELLAMSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- CHESTER JON KMITSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- HOMER MORGAN LYNN JRMajor · February 5, 1969
- BENJAMIN MALDONADO-AGUILARSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER FRANCIS BURKECaptain · Panel 33W, Line 61
- LOUIS JOHN CLEVERTechnical Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 61
- JAMES VERNON DORSEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 61
- WILTON NEIL HATTONMaster Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 64
- HOMER MORGAN LYNN JRMajor · Panel 33W, Line 65
- CLARENCE LEON MCNEILLSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 66
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · Panel 33W, Line 67
- ROBERT EUGENE OLSONMajor · Panel 33W, Line 67
- HUGH LESLIE SHERBURNTechnical Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 69
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.