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GARY WAYNE COSGRAVE
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
December 28, 1947 – May 12, 1967
Service recordGary Wayne Cosgrave, of Frederick, Maryland, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 12, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 93
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 93
- ROBERT BERNTSENPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK CLOVER JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD COLLENEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
From Frederick
- ROBERT EARL SMITH JRHospitalman · May 15, 1966
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
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.