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COTIES R SOWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1946 – November 18, 1967
Service recordCoties R Sowell, of San Augustine, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 19
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- San Augustine, Texas (San Augustine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 19
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- IVAN DAVID ROTHFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · November 18, 1967
- RICKIE D SPARKSSergeant · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 17
- FRANK VINCENT RAZPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 18
From San Augustine
- MURRAY LAMAR WORTHAMCaptain · December 30, 1967
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.