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JOHN FLOYD COCHRANE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 16, 1941 – October 24, 1966
Service recordJohn Floyd Cochrane, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Signal Security Officer (9630)
- Born
- April 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 102
- GEORGE BELANGERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE CARL DOBRENZAirman First Class · October 24, 1966
- DENIS WAYNE GALLOWAYFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- CHESTER WILFORD KNIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 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.