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ARTHUR WILLIAM COFER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 7, 1941 – March 10, 1969
Service recordArthur William Cofer, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 10, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 100
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 100
- LEON COITSergeant · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ROY CRUICKSHANKPetty Officer Second Class · March 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN DOSECKPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.