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JOHN REDMOND COTTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1947 – October 10, 1967
Service recordJohn Redmond Cotter, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- May 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 84
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISSpecialist Four · October 10, 1967
- LOREN LESLIE ERTELSpecialist Four · October 10, 1967
- RORY ANTONIO MADDENFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- GERALD FRANK MAYOSergeant · October 10, 1967
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JERALD WAYNE KEMPPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 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.