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DUANE ALLAN COTTRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1946 – September 23, 1971
Service recordDuane Allan Cottrell, of Ottumwa, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 24
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
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Ottumwa, Iowa (Wapello County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 24
- RALPH LINDSEY MCCOY JRPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1971
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEAFFERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
- MELVIN DONALD BARNETTSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
- RICHARD ARELLANO SUPNETAirman First Class · September 23, 1971
From Ottumwa
- KENNETH A MALLONEESpecialist Five · October 3, 1966
- DAVID LEROY PARISHSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- TERRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- PAUL DAVID EKARTPetty Officer Third Class · January 26, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS LINKSergeant · March 30, 1968
- LARRY DEAN BLEYTHINGSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- TERRY VERNON MILLERCorporal · May 29, 1969
- MICHAEL HUGH BEAVERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- RUSSELL CRAIG SCULLYPrivate First Class · September 1, 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.