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ROBERT LEE COTTMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
November 15, 1940 – October 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Cottman, of Princess Anne, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 2
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 MED DET USARV
- Born
- November 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Princess Anne, Maryland (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “82 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 2
- GEORGE EDWARD DEHNERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- RONALD LOUIS DOOLITTLESpecialist Five · October 19, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER DUSARTSergeant · October 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS EALEYSergeant · October 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS ARTHUR GROTHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 3
- STEPHEN JOHN SALUGA IIISpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 5
From Princess Anne
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · March 16, 1966
- THOMAS WILSON MUIRSergeant · April 9, 1966
- JERONE JAMES WARNICKWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1969
- CARROLL THOMAS JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1972
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.