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HARRY COHEN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 8, 1933 – July 19, 1969
Service recordHarry Cohen, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 19, 1969, in Thailand, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 40
- LUIS ANTON MIRANDA-CUEVASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1965
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 20, 1965
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WARREN K DAVISMajor · Panel 20W, Line 18
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
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.