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MICHAEL J COTTERILL
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
November 1, 1945 – April 25, 1969
Service recordMichael J Cotterill, of Rochester, New York, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thailand, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 44
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- JERALD C DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- RONALD C DEFORRESTAirman First Class · April 25, 1969
- WARREN C DELANEYTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.