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STEPHEN JAY KOTT
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1940 – October 31, 1967
Service recordStephen Jay Kott, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Qualified A-6e Bombardier/Navigator (I) (7583)
- Born
- May 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 104
- ROGER LEE HUBBARDPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- JAMES VAN NESS MULLERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1967
- RALPH JOHN PARKER JRCorporal · October 31, 1967
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.