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TIBOR SOTAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – April 20, 1969
Service recordTibor Sotak, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 14
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · April 20, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN HUBBARDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1969
- RUSSELL HAROLD KITCHEN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- ANGEL M MEDINA-RIVERASergeant First Class · April 20, 1969
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- CURTIS TAYLOR GAYSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
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.