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RANDY RALPH COGDILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – October 28, 1967
Service recordRandy Ralph Cogdill, of Sevierville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Sevierville, Tennessee (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 90
- LARRY DALE CARRELLSergeant · October 28, 1967
- THOMAS SAMUEL CLEMSergeant · October 28, 1967
- ANGEL LUIS DIAZCorporal · October 28, 1967
- DAVID JOHN DONAHOECorporal · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL DENNIS ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 89
- THOMAS SAMUEL CLEMSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 90
- DAVID JOHN DONAHOECorporal · Panel 28E, Line 90
- JOHNNY HANS LEBOFFSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 92
- JOSEPH ROBERT NORRISCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 93
From Sevierville
- ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1965
- ESTEL HUSKEYLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- HARRY GAINES HODGESConstructionman · January 14, 1968
- JERRY MCCARTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.