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HARRY ANDREW COTTERMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1950 – May 16, 1970
Service recordHarry Andrew Cotterman, of Piqua, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Piqua, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 49
- RAYMOND FRANK CONTINOPrivate · May 16, 1970
- JERRY LEE COZADSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- GERALD CLINTON MAUNEYSergeant · May 16, 1970
From Piqua
- WILLIAM HART PITSENBARGERAirman First Class · April 11, 1966
- RONALD KEITH STANEARTPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS JAQUACorporal · November 1, 1967
- RENDLE DULENPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES THEODORE RUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT DURHAMPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1969
- VICTOR RAY SCHEELERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · May 12, 1970
- KEITH EUGENE HANEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1971
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1971
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.