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WILLIAM PAUL COHN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – October 21, 1968
Service recordWilliam Paul Cohn JR, of Old Mystic, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Old Mystic, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 10
- GERALD EUGENE BURGENERMajor · October 21, 1968
- EDWIN EVERETT CARSONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- BASIL LINCOLN CIRIELLOMajor · October 21, 1968
- RAY EDWIN CODDINGLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN EVERETT CARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 10
- GERARD COYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 11
- LESTER ALLAN DOANSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 11
- MICHAEL ALLEN RANDALL SRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 14
- STEVEN PAUL SORICKPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 15
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRONG JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 40W, Line 16
- ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 16
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.