In Memory of ...... 1LT Larry William Cotten.
*** (Name is also spelled "Cotton".)On March 9, 1970, he was the bombardier/navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on an operational mission over Attopeu Province, Laos. When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
LARRY WILLIAM COTTEN - Air Force - 1LT - O2
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Mar 19, 1945
From: NASHVILLE, TN
Religion: EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, and Mother, Edina Setter Cotton, Born on Jan. 11, 1905, Wales
and Died on Dec. 20, 2003 in New York, New York County (Manhattan)New York.
Sister, Margaret (Marge) Cotten Maayan, Born Oct. 18, 1942 ( New York, NY) and niece and nephew, Trish Kuykendall Coleman and Michael Kuykendall.
***** Photo on mother's site.. - Her mother was Agnes Clarke and Agnes Clarke was the sister of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Jane Clarke, when this photo was taken Edina was staying with John Richard ans Elizabeth Jane Howell
Penybont3
8/05/2016
Length of service 2 years
Casualty was on Mar 9, 1970
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 13W - Line 99
Other Personnel in Incident: Lothar G.T. Terla (missing)
Capt. Lothar Terla was an F4 pilot assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Udorn Airbase, Thailand.
On March 9, 1970, he was assigned an operational mission which took him over Attopeu Province, Laos. His
bombardier/ navigator on the flight was 1Lt. Larry W. Cotten.
When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by enemy fire and crashed.
An electronic search was made of the area to locate the crash site and any survivors, but none were found.
The crashed aircraft was later found, and it was determined that Cotten and Terla could not have survived the incident.
This determination was made on unspecified information which was received by the Department of the Air Force.
The Air Force believes that Cotten and Turla did not survive.
They are listed among the missing because their remains were never found.
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9th March 1970
USAF F-4E Phantom II 67‑0282 4 TFS, 366 TFW, USAF, Da Nang Hit by 37mm flak near Chanum in southern Laos, 35 miles southwest of Kham Duc.
Capt Lothar Gustav Thomas Terla KIA
1Lt Larry William Cotten KIA
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.
*** (Name is also spelled "Cotton".)On March 9, 1970, he was the bombardier/navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on an operational mission over Attopeu Province, Laos. When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
LARRY WILLIAM COTTEN - Air Force - 1LT - O2
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Mar 19, 1945
From: NASHVILLE, TN
Religion: EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, and Mother, Edina Setter Cotton, Born on Jan. 11, 1905, Wales
and Died on Dec. 20, 2003 in New York, New York County (Manhattan)New York.
Sister, Margaret (Marge) Cotten Maayan, Born Oct. 18, 1942 ( New York, NY) and niece and nephew, Trish Kuykendall Coleman and Michael Kuykendall.
***** Photo on mother's site.. - Her mother was Agnes Clarke and Agnes Clarke was the sister of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Jane Clarke, when this photo was taken Edina was staying with John Richard ans Elizabeth Jane Howell
Penybont3
8/05/2016
Length of service 2 years
Casualty was on Mar 9, 1970
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 13W - Line 99
Other Personnel in Incident: Lothar G.T. Terla (missing)
Capt. Lothar Terla was an F4 pilot assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Udorn Airbase, Thailand.
On March 9, 1970, he was assigned an operational mission which took him over Attopeu Province, Laos. His
bombardier/ navigator on the flight was 1Lt. Larry W. Cotten.
When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by enemy fire and crashed.
An electronic search was made of the area to locate the crash site and any survivors, but none were found.
The crashed aircraft was later found, and it was determined that Cotten and Terla could not have survived the incident.
This determination was made on unspecified information which was received by the Department of the Air Force.
The Air Force believes that Cotten and Turla did not survive.
They are listed among the missing because their remains were never found.
*************************************
9th March 1970
USAF F-4E Phantom II 67‑0282 4 TFS, 366 TFW, USAF, Da Nang Hit by 37mm flak near Chanum in southern Laos, 35 miles southwest of Kham Duc.
Capt Lothar Gustav Thomas Terla KIA
1Lt Larry William Cotten KIA
***************************************
.
In Memory of ...... 1LT Larry William Cotten.
*** (Name is also spelled "Cotton".)On March 9, 1970, he was the bombardier/navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on an operational mission over Attopeu Province, Laos. When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
LARRY WILLIAM COTTEN - Air Force - 1LT - O2
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Mar 19, 1945
From: NASHVILLE, TN
Religion: EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, and Mother, Edina Setter Cotton, Born on Jan. 11, 1905, Wales
and Died on Dec. 20, 2003 in New York, New York County (Manhattan)New York.
Sister, Margaret (Marge) Cotten Maayan, Born Oct. 18, 1942 ( New York, NY) and niece and nephew, Trish Kuykendall Coleman and Michael Kuykendall.
***** Photo on mother's site.. - Her mother was Agnes Clarke and Agnes Clarke was the sister of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Jane Clarke, when this photo was taken Edina was staying with John Richard ans Elizabeth Jane Howell
Penybont3
8/05/2016
Length of service 2 years
Casualty was on Mar 9, 1970
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 13W - Line 99
Other Personnel in Incident: Lothar G.T. Terla (missing)
Capt. Lothar Terla was an F4 pilot assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Udorn Airbase, Thailand.
On March 9, 1970, he was assigned an operational mission which took him over Attopeu Province, Laos. His
bombardier/ navigator on the flight was 1Lt. Larry W. Cotten.
When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by enemy fire and crashed.
An electronic search was made of the area to locate the crash site and any survivors, but none were found.
The crashed aircraft was later found, and it was determined that Cotten and Terla could not have survived the incident.
This determination was made on unspecified information which was received by the Department of the Air Force.
The Air Force believes that Cotten and Turla did not survive.
They are listed among the missing because their remains were never found.
*************************************
9th March 1970
USAF F-4E Phantom II 67‑0282 4 TFS, 366 TFW, USAF, Da Nang Hit by 37mm flak near Chanum in southern Laos, 35 miles southwest of Kham Duc.
Capt Lothar Gustav Thomas Terla KIA
1Lt Larry William Cotten KIA
***************************************
.
*** (Name is also spelled "Cotton".)On March 9, 1970, he was the bombardier/navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on an operational mission over Attopeu Province, Laos. When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
LARRY WILLIAM COTTEN - Air Force - 1LT - O2
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Mar 19, 1945
From: NASHVILLE, TN
Religion: EPISCOPAL, ANGLICAN
Marital Status: Single - Parents: Father, and Mother, Edina Setter Cotton, Born on Jan. 11, 1905, Wales
and Died on Dec. 20, 2003 in New York, New York County (Manhattan)New York.
Sister, Margaret (Marge) Cotten Maayan, Born Oct. 18, 1942 ( New York, NY) and niece and nephew, Trish Kuykendall Coleman and Michael Kuykendall.
***** Photo on mother's site.. - Her mother was Agnes Clarke and Agnes Clarke was the sister of Elizabeth (Lizzie) Jane Clarke, when this photo was taken Edina was staying with John Richard ans Elizabeth Jane Howell
Penybont3
8/05/2016
Length of service 2 years
Casualty was on Mar 9, 1970
In LZ, LAOS
Hostile, died while missing, FIXED WING - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Panel 13W - Line 99
Other Personnel in Incident: Lothar G.T. Terla (missing)
Capt. Lothar Terla was an F4 pilot assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Udorn Airbase, Thailand.
On March 9, 1970, he was assigned an operational mission which took him over Attopeu Province, Laos. His
bombardier/ navigator on the flight was 1Lt. Larry W. Cotten.
When the aircraft was about 10 miles southeast of Chavane, it was hit by enemy fire and crashed.
An electronic search was made of the area to locate the crash site and any survivors, but none were found.
The crashed aircraft was later found, and it was determined that Cotten and Terla could not have survived the incident.
This determination was made on unspecified information which was received by the Department of the Air Force.
The Air Force believes that Cotten and Turla did not survive.
They are listed among the missing because their remains were never found.
*************************************
9th March 1970
USAF F-4E Phantom II 67‑0282 4 TFS, 366 TFW, USAF, Da Nang Hit by 37mm flak near Chanum in southern Laos, 35 miles southwest of Kham Duc.
Capt Lothar Gustav Thomas Terla KIA
1Lt Larry William Cotten KIA
***************************************
.
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