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ANDREW COCA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 6, 1946 – January 14, 1968
Service recordAndrew Coca, of Taos, New Mexico, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 47
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Taos, New Mexico (Taos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 47
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROGER LEE BATTPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- HUBBARD DON COBBPlatoon Sergeant · January 14, 1968
- EMILE COLEStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1968
From Taos
- JOHNNY LAWRENCE BACA JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- MANUEL MARTINEZPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- TIMOTEO FRED ROMEROSergeant · May 28, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.