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THOMAS LEWIS COTTRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – March 29, 1969
Service recordThomas Lewis Cottrell, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 80
- ROSS WILLARD COLLINS JRPrivate · March 29, 1969
- BRUCE WILLIAM DANIELSSergeant · March 29, 1969
- JOHN JOE ELSENRATHSergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH SCHWICHOWStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 78
- KENNETH JAMES BRENNERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 79
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 81
- ROBERT DEAN LAUBERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 82
- JAMES MARION MCKINLEYCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 83
- RONALD RAY MEYERPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 83
- CHARLES ROBERT PRCHALSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 85
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 86
- ANTHONY GENE HARNESSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 87
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 87
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.