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GARY DUANE COCHRAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1951 – May 8, 1971
Service recordGary Duane Cochran, of North Tazewell, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1951
- Home of record
- North Tazewell, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 26
- LARRY WAYNE ROTHELSpecialist Four · May 7, 1971
- STEPHEN FRANCIS GRAYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
- ALBERT RAY HANKINSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
- GARY ALLEN KIRCHNERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN FRANCIS GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 26
From North Tazewell
- JOHN EDGAR HARDINStaff Sergeant · October 26, 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.