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WILLIAM MORRIS COZAD
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1948 – May 13, 1970
Service recordWilliam Morris Cozad, of Muscatine, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 31
- CHARLES A BAZZINOTTIFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
- GARY LEE COXStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1970
- RANDY MAYO DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1970
- EDWARD JOHN DELIKAT JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 30
- RAYMOND JAMES DISANTICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 32
- RANDY GENE KITTLESONPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 34
- THOMAS W MATTHEWS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 35
- WALTER MARK NOVAKSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 35
From Muscatine
- LARRY WILLIAM BRENDELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS KINGChief Master Sergeant · December 25, 1968
- GARY LEE BROOKHARTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ALBERT DEAN FOSTERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1969
- JERRY ARTHUR BUNNFirst Lieutenant · July 16, 1969
- LANNY ALLEN YORKFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1972
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.