William Keith Cogdell

Vietnam War
Unit606th Air Commando Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromGreentown Indiana
Date of DeathJanuary 17 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Cogdell was a member of the 606th Air Commando Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Airfield, Thailand. On January 17, 1967, he was the pilot of a North American Trojan Trainer (T-28D) on a mission over Laos, when his aircraft was shot down by hostile fire. His remains were recovered on February 8, 1994 and identified on May 11, 1994. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.