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DEVERTON C COCHRANE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – June 17, 1970
Service recordDeverton C Cochrane, of Brookline, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 17, 1970, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 59
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Brookline, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 17, 1970
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 59
- JOHN DARVIN BELLStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1970
- PRESTON HENRY ELLISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1970
- HAROLD ALFRED GREENSergeant · June 17, 1970
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL JOHN LAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 60
From Brookline
- DANA E BRANNWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1965
- DAVID J WAXFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1965
- STERLING AIDEN WALLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1967
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- ARTHUR PATRICK MURPHY JRLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MERCERFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1968
- DENNIS CONRYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- ROBERT DOUGLAS HAUERCaptain · September 5, 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.