James Derwin Cohron

Vietnam War
Unit5th Special Forces Group
RankSergeant First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service FromCenterville Iowa
Date of DeathJanuary 12 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Sergeant First Class Cohron was a member of the 5th Special Forces Group. On January 12, 1868, he was a member of reconnaissance team "Indiana" about one mile inside Laos south of Khe Sanh when the team was ambushed. When the team broke contact with the enemy Sergeant First Class Cohron was missing. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.