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MOSES M COTTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1942 – February 11, 1966
Service recordMoses M Cotton, of Porterville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Porterville, Mississippi (Kemper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 25
- LEONARD ISLER CRAVENStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1966
- RAYMOND ALEXANDER DAVISPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
- SAFFORD SMITH PYESergeant · February 11, 1966
- DANNY CARL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE KEVIN BEERESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 24
- SEBASTIAN PIADOCHE CANLASPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 24
- THEODORE F TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 26
From Porterville
- LEON HAMNERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
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.