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VERNON TERRY COCHRAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1948 – June 22, 1967
Service recordVernon Terry Cochran, of Topton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 37
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Topton, North Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1967; 78 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 37
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- CARLIN MARTIN CAMPBELL JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- THORNE M CLARK IIIPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
From Topton
- JAMES RICHARD NEALPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.