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GEORGE W COTTRILL JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 30, 1945 – June 16, 1966
Service recordGeorge W Cottrill JR, of Chillicothe, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 51
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARIDV
- Born
- October 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 51
- GEORGE DAVID BIRDSELLSergeant First Class · June 16, 1966
- DONALD IRA BOWERSAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GOODSELLMajor · June 16, 1966
From Chillicothe
- PAUL WINIFORD HARRISPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WALLERLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- HOMER EARL PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1968
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM MOWREYCorporal · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- NYLES BERNARD SKYLESCorporal · June 17, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · August 22, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM JONESSergeant · September 2, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH HAMNERSergeant · September 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.