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WILBUR LYNN COSSON
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 5, 1938 – July 7, 1967
Service recordWilbur Lynn Cosson, of De Funiak Springs, Florida, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 7, 1967, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 27
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radarman (RD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 5, 1938
- Home of record
- De Funiak Springs, Florida (Walton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 27
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- DAVID MARIUS DURANCEAULance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FOREMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE QUALLSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
From De Funiak Springs
- JAMES D HENDERSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- BILLY RAYVON NORRISPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD GUSTAVE HAILE JRSergeant · May 30, 1970
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.