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JACK PATRICK COTTERELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – January 25, 1968
Service recordJack Patrick Cotterell, of Bellflower, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 30
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Bellflower, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 30
- JOSEPH LOPEZ BEDOLLASpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- RAYMOND M CASWELLFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1968
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND K DAVISMajor · Panel 35E, Line 30
- JOHN JOSEPH FODENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35E, Line 31
- JACK B SUTPHENSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 35
From Bellflower
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GOODENPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- DAVID JOE BERRYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CLARENCE EWALDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · December 13, 1968
- VINCENT VENUTI JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.