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PAUL LEONARD COSGRIFF
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – October 21, 1968
Service recordPaul Leonard Cosgriff, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ch-34 Helicopter Repairman (67P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- West Chester, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 11
- GERARD COYLEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- LESTER ALLAN DOANSpecialist Four · October 21, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH DUELPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- DICKIE WAINE FINLEYStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD KENNETH DUELPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 11
- JAMES PATRICK GULIESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 12
From West Chester
- GENE SMEDLEY MCMULLENSecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1966
- ERNEST E ORENDORFF JRCorporal · August 3, 1966
- BLAINE A DEBOARD JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- LOUIS FULDA GUILLERMINMajor · April 30, 1968
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- ELDIN GEORGE BERGER JRLance Corporal · October 9, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 10, 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.