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JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1949 – August 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Willie Cockerham JR, of Menlo Park, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Menlo Park, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 118
- MERLIN JOSEPH CRAIGSergeant · August 26, 1969
- WILHIMON GARDNERPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- RICHARD EDGAR GENESTStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY GORVETCorporal · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARDNER JOHN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 117
- GUY MARCEL INKELSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 120
From Menlo Park
- ROY SHARP PITTPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- SALVADOR ZABALA JRSergeant · February 22, 1967
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- MARC WAYNE MCCABESergeant · February 28, 1968
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES BURKE JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- ELGIN JOHN JURIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
- GARY DEAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · October 4, 1969
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.