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WILLIE JAMES COTTRELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1946 – January 10, 1968
Service recordWillie James Cottrell, of Wetumpka, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Wetumpka, Alabama (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; eight of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 16
- BOBBY DEAN CRAWFORDSergeant · January 10, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- DAVE CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER DAILYCorporal · January 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 13
- LEE ROY BIRDENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 14
- WILLIAM BURR CAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 15
- BOBBY DEAN CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 16
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER DAILYCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 16
- HENRY JOHN DONESKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- HERMAN RAY FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 17
- DAVID HARPER HERSHBERGERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 17
- GORDON L GOINSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 18
- ALEX JAMES HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ROBERT LEE HUTCHISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 20
- ANTHONY JOSEPH LEDERERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 22
- ROBERT IRVIN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 23
- HARRY PRESTON MCFALLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 24
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BRIDGEFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 25
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · Panel 34E, Line 26
- GLEN ALLEN ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 26
From Wetumpka
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- THOMAS EARL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- ABRAHAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1971
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.