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WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – November 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam Sherwood Cochran, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 32
- JAMES L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FREDERICK BARNESStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- BILLY MAX CRAWFORDMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1966
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- DON CURTIS BENFIELDPrivate · April 8, 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.