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PETER COGILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – February 25, 1967
Service recordPeter Cogill, of Cohasset, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 88
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Cohasset, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 88
- PAUL LAWRENCE VERNONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1967
- HILLIARD ALMOND WILBANKSCaptain · February 24, 1967
- WILLIAM AYRE COGGESHALLSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
- LEON DELBERT ECKHARTSpecialist Four · February 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH E GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 90
- WILLIAM J FRANKSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 91
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 92
From Cohasset
- WILLIAM CLIVE LAIDLAWCorporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL LYONCaptain · April 18, 1969
- CRAIG MICHAEL SIMEONEPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- ALLEN FRANCIS KEATINGSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH REARDONFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
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.