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JAMES CALVIN COCKERL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1945 – May 19, 1969
Service recordJames Calvin Cockerl, of Lynbrook, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 52
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Lynbrook, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 52
- CHARLES DON BUCHANANSpecialist Five · May 19, 1969
- RICHARD CARBONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- W K UTAH CREASONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- WILLIE CECIL DAVISSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
From Lynbrook
- MICHAEL PATRICK DONLONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD PIZZUTOPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- PATRICK GALLAGHERCorporal · March 30, 1967
- MARTIN LOUIS PLOTKINSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MOINESTERLieutenant (junior grade) · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT ALFRED LODGEMajor · May 10, 1972
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.