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CHARLES MICHAEL COTTON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 13, 1946 – June 19, 1968
Service recordCharles Michael Cotton, of Angleton, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 32
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Angleton, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 32
- WILLIAM A BLEWITT JRPrivate · June 19, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN BROWNPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- PATRICK ALLEN CONNELLYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ARTHUR PHILLIPSSpecialist Six · Panel 56W, Line 37
From Angleton
- JAMES L CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- GARVIS KEITH SIMONSSergeant · January 28, 1969
- WALTER DENNIS LAMBERTPetty Officer Third Class · December 1, 1970
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.