Kenneth Eugene Kotyluk

Kenneth Eugene Kotyluk April 24, 1968 Operation Toan Thang - Binh Duong Province - Near the Song Be Please contribute a written memory, a verbal memory, a video, a photo, or simply speak his name. They say a soldier dies twice. Once when he takes his last breath. Twice when his name is spoken for the last time. Speak his name... Featured Pictures See More Photos Share Photos Featured Video Watch More Videos Share Video Featured Audio Hear More Audios Share Audio Featured Written Story Read Written Stories Share Written Stories   Kenneth Eugene Kotyluk Kenneth Eugene Kotyluk deployed with the 3/187th in December of 1967 during Operation Eagle Thrust. He served as a HHC Medic and was embedded with Charlie Company. Kenneth and five other Rakkasans were killed in action as a result of friendly artillery fire accidentally hitting their position on April 21, 1968. Kenneth was gravely wounded, was medevac'd from the field and was admitted to a US Army Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds on April 24, 1968. Kenneth was from Sacramento, California and was twenty years of age. He is buried at Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks, California. His name is etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Panel 51E, Line 47. RIP soldier! Never forget! Never forgotten! Photo obtained from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Wall of Faces. Image available on the internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. Information obtained from 3/187th documents obtained by TSTP during research trips to the National Archives and Records Administration as well as from the Coffelt Database.