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COURTNEY JAMES COSGROVE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – June 29, 1969
Service recordCourtney James Cosgrove, of Van Wert, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Van Wert, Ohio (Van Wert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 31
- TIMOTHY GORDON BURCHETTPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · June 29, 1969
- RONALD RICHARD DEWYEASpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
- LEVIL HICKSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FISHER CLENDENINSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 31
- RONALD RICHARD DEWYEASpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 31
- DONALD PAUL DAVIESSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 32
- WAYNE HERSCHEL EMERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 32
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 33
- HERBERT JAMES LOTTESSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 33
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 34
From Van Wert
- PAUL GENE PARSONSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- DAVID GLEASON FELLPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1968
- LARRY EDGAR EVANSCorporal · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN CARTERCorporal · September 16, 1969
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.