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CHARLES MITCHELL COHEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – November 17, 1969
Service recordCharles Mitchell Cohen, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 87
- ALLEN HAYES CALDWELLSergeant · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · November 17, 1969
- GEORGE JOSEPH FUERSTSergeant · November 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 86
- JOHN MILTON CONESergeant · Panel 16W, Line 87
- THOMAS KEITH KAMPSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 88
- KENNETH GORDON KLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 90
- JAMES FRANCIS POLUSNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 90
- DAVID TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 91
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 91
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.