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DUANE LEE COTTET
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – November 1, 1968
Service recordDuane Lee Cottet, of Kalispell, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 73
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Kalispell, Montana (Flathead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 73
- CHARLES GREY COSTINSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- RONNIE COURTNEYSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WOODROW WILSON BRADLEY JRSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 75
- ELMER MARVIN KIVELPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 1
From Kalispell
- MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 20, 1965
- RODGER DEAN ECKSTEINPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHARLES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
- WILLIAM GREGORY LITTLECorporal · January 14, 1970
- PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLSCaptain · October 13, 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.