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JAMES L COTTEN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1935 – July 8, 1967
Service recordJames L Cotten JR, of Oak Grove, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Oak Grove, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 35
- MERRITT THOMAS COUSINSLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS DAVISCaptain · July 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GRANT DELLVONPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- GERALD DUNNLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
From Oak Grove
- WILLIAM VANCE JRSergeant First Class · March 31, 1968
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.