The Wall › Panel 17W › Michigan › Michael Eugene Cotes
MICHAEL EUGENE COTES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1950 – October 17, 1969
Service recordMichael Eugene Cotes, of Linden, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 86
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Linden, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 86
- RICHARD THOMAS WILKINSONSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- DAVID JAMES BAITINGERPrivate · October 17, 1969
- MARCAS JOSE GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1969
- ALAN TIMOTHY GEECorporal · October 17, 1969
From Linden
- RICHARD KOVALCSIKCorporal · November 14, 1967
- JERRY DOUGLAS MALLORYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
- DOUGLAS FREDERICK WORTMANSergeant · April 21, 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.