Art Cozad Celebration of Life

Arthur Ward Cozad III was a co-founder and a former Commander of The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 730. A Celebration of his life was held at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City NV on June 22, 2026. The current Chapter 730 Commander, Kenneth “Ken” Gonzales, spoke at the event. Chapter 730 provided a floral wreath shaped as a purple heart. Many members of Chapter 730 attended the event. The US Marine Corps provided an honor guard to display, fold, and present a US flag to Ana Cozad, the wife of Art. The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1076 provided a color guard at the celebration and the burial ceremony. The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Black Mountain Chapter 12 provided a rifle salute at the celebration.

• An obituary for Arthur Coza appears at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/henderson-nv/arthur-cozad-12842570.
• The US Veterans Administration has a Veterans Legacy Memorial for Art Cozad at https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/ARTHURWARDCOZADIII/acd756.
• The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor has a Roll of Honor entry for Art Cozad at https://www.thepurpleheart.com/roll-of-honor/profile/default?rID=0797698b-8a0e-45c7-9b84-a4f890a4d5ce.
• The Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery has a web site at https://veterans.nv.gov/venue/southern-nevada-veterans-memorial-cemetery/.
• The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1076 has a web sites at https://vva.org/chapter/vva-chapter-1076/ and at https://vvahen1076.org/.
• Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Black Mountain Chapter 12 has web sites at https://nvdav12.org/ and https://davwebsites.dav.org/nv/12/SystemPages/Home.aspx.
• Ana Cozad is a member of Women Veterans of Nevada, with web sites https://wvon.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/WomenVeteransOfNevada/.