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JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAM
Private · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – September 23, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Cottingham, of Newport, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Newport, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 128
- THOMAS EDWARD CARUSOSecond Lieutenant · September 23, 1969
- JOHN MANUAL CHAVEZPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN COOKESpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
- JUAN A DIAZ-DOMENECHCorporal · September 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN KNECHTGESPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 129
- HUGH HENRY SARAHSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 1
From Newport
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPECaptain · November 9, 1966
- JAY C TIPTONLance Corporal · November 22, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR SMITHPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- CLARENCE HALLSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
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.