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BEN COY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – June 20, 1967
Service recordBen Coy, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 24
- CHARLES LIGON CRONKRITEMajor · June 20, 1967
- LESLIE EUGENE ENGELHARTLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FIELDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN YOUNKSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 27
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.