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ERNEST KENO COTA
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 23, 1944 – May 14, 1968
Service recordErnest Keno Cota, of San Diego, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 14, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 9
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS HARNETT COUNTY LST 821
- Born
- December 23, 1944
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 60E, Line 9
- RONALD EMERY CLARKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JIMMY RICHARD COXLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- EDWARD DAVID CROWSergeant · May 14, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN DAHLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.