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ROBERT MCLAIN COCHRAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 5, 1949 – April 7, 1969
Service recordRobert McLain Cochran JR, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 29
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · April 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BISHOPSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- FLOYD ANDREW DEALSergeant · April 7, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL DERDACorporal · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK BLAINE BEERSSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 28
- KENNETH ROBERT BIRDSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 29
- FLOYD ANDREW DEALSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 29
- TIMOTHY ELDEN DYESpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 30
- PETER GODOY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 30
- JOHN TERRY GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 30
- MICHAEL DANIEL GRIFFISSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 31
- THOMAS VICTOR MITCHELLSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 32
- LARRY MILTON KELLEYSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 33
- LARRY GENE PYLECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 33
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
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.