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LELAND RICHARD COTTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1945 – June 20, 1966
Service recordLeland Richard Cottin, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 65
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · June 20, 1966
- FRED THOMAS EARLESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- MARTIN PHILLIP EASTHAMPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- REINER WALTER BIEROWSKISergeant · Panel 8E, Line 64
- ROBERT MORRIS COOKEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 65
- MARTIN PHILLIP EASTHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 65
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 65
- LARRY FRANKLIN HERRINPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 66
- RICHARD HINTONCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 66
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- PATRICK THOMAS MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 68
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 69
- EDWIN HAROLD SORNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 70
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 70
- MILLARD LEROY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 71
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.