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WILLIAM KEITH COGDELL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 15, 1938 – January 17, 1967
Service recordWilliam Keith Cogdell, of Greentown, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 17, 1967, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 15, 1938
- Home of record
- Greentown, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14E, Line 42
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- BILLY DEAN BRIGMANPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR COOPERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
From Greentown
- ROBERT EUGENE SHAFFERCorporal · March 12, 1969
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.