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BARRY BRYANT COERS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 1, 1948 – August 25, 1969
Service recordBarry Bryant Coers, of Newville, Alabama, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 111
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Newville, Alabama (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 111
- LABROSSIE LUCIEN BAKERCorporal · August 25, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- JAMES AUGUSTUS FRANCISSpecialist Five · August 25, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST GAFTUNIKSergeant · August 25, 1969
From Newville
- WALTER JIM HOGANSFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1969
- PAUL DEWITT BRANNONPrivate First Class · April 29, 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.