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WILBERT R COCKRELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – October 18, 1967
Service recordWilbert R Cockrell, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · 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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 34
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY CHURCHILLLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- ALLEN EDWARD FIRTHSergeant · October 18, 1967
- NATHAN JOHNSON JRCorporal · October 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONNIELL GOODMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 35
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.