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ROBERT GORDON COZART JR
Major · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – March 20, 1970
Service recordRobert Gordon Cozart JR, of Hammond, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 20, 1970, in South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 24
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Hammond, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 20, 1970
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 24
- LEONARD MICHAEL ACKERMANSeaman · March 20, 1970
- DALE ADAMS BLAKEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD BUTLERChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 20, 1970
- CHARLES ANTHONY CONNELLSergeant · March 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BUTLERChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 12W, Line 24
- JAMES EDWARD SCHUNEMANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 26
From Hammond
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · February 17, 1966
- CHARLES JACKSONLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FRANCEWARSergeant First Class · January 6, 1969
- EUGENE BEAN JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
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.