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VINCENT R KOTARSKI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1946 – October 20, 1970
Service recordVincent R Kotarski JR, of Paramount, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Paramount, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 12
- JOHN DEWITT DRAKESeaman · October 20, 1970
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1970
- LARRY WYATT KILGORECorporal · October 20, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BYRON MARK HANNAHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 11
From Paramount
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · December 27, 1966
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
- MELVIN LEE MARTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- RANDALL MICHAEL WAUGHCorporal · July 5, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT ELEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.