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GREGG LAWRENCE COCHRANE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1949 – September 24, 1969
Service recordGregg Lawrence Cochrane, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 3
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 3
- JOHN LEE BURTONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- FREDERICK RALPH CLARKPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- MICHAEL COLLINSSpecialist Four · September 24, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD PENNINGTONFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD CROSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 4
- JOHN WILBUR SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 5
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.