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SIDNEY ALLEN COTTRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1950 – October 4, 1971
Service recordSidney Allen Cottrell, of Wellington, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armament Repairer (45K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Wellington, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 34
- FREDERICK OLEN JONESSergeant First Class · October 2, 1971
- DAVID LEE HANNSpecialist Four · October 3, 1971
- LARRY WILLIAM CHANEYPrivate First Class · October 4, 1971
- GARY LEE MIZNERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1971
- JEFFREY RANDALL STOKESPetty Officer Third Class · October 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WILLIAM CHANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 34
From Wellington
- KENNETH CHARLES MARLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- DAVIS ALLEN JONESLance Corporal · November 2, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM PERKINSCaptain · March 12, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · August 27, 1968
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.