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GARY MARTIN COHEN
Private · U.S. Army
March 14, 1949 – March 11, 1971
Service recordGary Martin Cohen, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 37
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Dartmouth, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 37
- KENNETH LEE BOYKINSergeant · March 11, 1971
- DENNIS ARNOLD CALTONFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1971
- FRANK LEE CASSCorporal · March 11, 1971
- JAMES DALA DEACONCorporal · March 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES FLOOD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 38
- DONALD RALPH HAMRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 38
From Dartmouth
- ROBERT ALAN DESROCHERSSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
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.