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JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – March 4, 1966
Service recordJames Stephen Cocchiara, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 320 ARTY 101 ABN DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 98
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- HERIBERTO ARMENTALance Corporal · March 4, 1966
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
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.