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JOHN DWANE COSSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1950 – July 19, 1969
Service recordJohn Dwane Cossey, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 18
- RONALD EUGENE DASCOMBELieutenant · July 19, 1969
- WARREN K DAVISMajor · July 19, 1969
- BERNARD FRANCIS DEUTSCHPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DEVNEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH SAMUEL FLADGERSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 19
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 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.