Russell Peter Bott

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankMaster Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromWorchester Massachusetts
Date of DeathDecember 2 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Master Sergeant Bott was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On December 2, 1966, he was member of a long range reconnaissance team about one and a half miles into Laos west of the Demilitarized Zone. His team was overwhelmed by the North Vietnamese and requested extraction. The extraction failed because of the heavy enemy fire. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.