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BLANCHARD WARD COCHRANE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1935 – May 12, 1966
Service recordBlanchard Ward Cochrane, of Newport, Rhode Island, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 51
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Newport, Rhode Island (Newport County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 51
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- PORTER RAY CAINSergeant · May 12, 1966
- JOHN BRUCE CAPELSecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1966
- BERNARD ERROYL CLAREPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD FRED RICESergeant · Panel 7E, Line 54
- ENNIS RALPH SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 55
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 56
From Newport
- JOSEPH RENE DUPEREStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1965
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD GREENE JRSergeant · June 22, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BRAGA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TOMMY VANDEVENDERCorporal · June 2, 1968
- JEREMIAH JOHN SAULNIERPlatoon Sergeant · July 15, 1968
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 1970
- JOHN GLOVERAirman First Class · April 8, 1971
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.