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WILLIAM MAX KOTNIK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1949 – October 17, 1970
Service recordWilliam Max Kotnik, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 5
- GARY WAYNE ENGELHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 17, 1970
- WILBERT EARL JONESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- GUY LAMAR MEARS JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · October 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAMSEY BREGLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 4
- GARY WAYNE ENGELHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 5
- JAMES JOSEPH QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 5
- JOHN CARL ZAGERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 6
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 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.