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STEPHEN COHAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 4, 1939 – February 19, 1968
Service recordStephen Cohan, of Miami, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 18
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 18
- ROBERT JAN BRIDGES JRPetty Officer Second Class · February 19, 1968
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- ALEX LEROY BURGESSLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY LYNN COLLIERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HARRY LEWISStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 24
- THOMAS JON MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40E, Line 26
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 32
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.