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WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – May 31, 1967
Service recordWilliam Edward Cossa JR, of Inglewood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 21
- GERALD ALAN CHAMPIONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- NATHANIEL COLLINSStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED DOANESpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARD FITZGERALDStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 22
- PAUL DOUGLAS WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 25
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
- MERLE L DUEMANMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1967
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.