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THOMAS H BOTTS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1935 – September 4, 1965
Service recordThomas H Botts, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 21, 1935
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 74
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- TONY GENEVEVO ABEYTALance Corporal · September 3, 1965
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK BROCKCorporal · December 10, 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.