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DONALD RICHARD COTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – December 4, 1967
Service recordDonald Richard Cote, of Mountlake Terrace, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 33
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Mountlake Terrace, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; six of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 33
- ARNOLD COLLINSCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE CORK JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 1967
- HAROLD WARREN CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- OMER PAUL DICKERSONPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 35
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 37
- CHARLES GLENN SCHNEGGCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARDMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 38
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 38
- ALVESTER LEE WINSTONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 39
- BYRANT HENRY YOUNG JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 40
From Mountlake Terrace
- RONALD WAYNE PARKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WILKINSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JERALD DAVID SWANPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- THOMAS NICKELL TEAGUESecond Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
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.