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PATRICK SHELDON COCHRAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1946 – August 21, 1967
Service recordPatrick Sheldon Cochran, of Del Rio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Del Rio, Texas (Val Verde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 23
- BAXTER FRENCH ERVINPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY FRANCISPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- LEROY LYNN GERBERSergeant · August 21, 1967
- LUCION GILLISPIE JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1967
From Del Rio
- JESUS MARIO LIMONESPrivate · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY MOORE JRMajor · November 30, 1967
- NOLBERTO FRAUSTO JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RONNIE JOE HOFFMANSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD CORES IISergeant · June 7, 1968
- RENE JAVIER SALAZARLance Corporal · December 19, 1968
- CALIXTRO S RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · March 6, 1969
- ANDRES LOPEZ RAMONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
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.