| Edward R. Cottrell - Deceased |  | Address: McAllen, Texas
Email:
Dog(s) :FRITZ - 554F
Branch: USAF
Unit(s): 632nd SPS (Binh Thuy)
War(s): Vietnam
|  | Biography:
STATIONED GEORGE AFB, CA 831st APS (TAC) NOV 63-65. BINH THUY NOV 65-66 AP-K9, FRITZ 554F.
NOV 66-AUG 67, DET 1, 456 FIS (ADC) FRESNO, CA DISCHARGED (E-4). MAY 73-74 TEXAS ANG 147 CSG, ELLINGTON AFB, TX (E-5) RETIRED DEC 1991-SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. LIVE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, SOUTH TEXAS
Obituary:
Ed Cottrell, 74, passed away
this morning at McAllen Medical Center in McAllen, Texas.
Ed served at
Binh Thuy Air Base, Vietnam, in 1965-1966 as a K9 Handler with Sentry Dog
Fritz. He and Fritz were part of Operation Top Dog 45. He worked on
the Veterans Memorial in McAllen, Texas, and loved to talk about Fritz with his
Binh Thuy buddies and fellow K9 handlers.
Ed stood his final Guardmount Friday, January 4, 2019.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Funeraria Del Angel,
Chapel of Remembrance in Mission, Texas from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Funeral mass will be held on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 12:30 pm at Our Lady of
Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial will follow at the Rio
Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery in Mission, Texas. |
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