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ELMER EUGENE COTNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1946 – September 30, 1966
Service recordElmer Eugene Cotney, of Lineville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 30
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Lineville, Alabama (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 30
- LANHAM ODELL BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- IRVIN JAMES HOPKINSPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEE WESTPOINTSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 29
- LANHAM ODELL BROYLESSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 30
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.