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BENJAMIN D COY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – August 30, 1967
Service recordBenjamin D Coy JR, of Noblesville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 68
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Noblesville, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 68
- DOUGLAS CARROLL COKERPetty Officer Third Class · August 30, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JULIAN R HOOPERMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- DOUGLAS COATSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROBERT WEST MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 70
- VAUGHAN SHAW MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 71
- CHARLES ROBERT WILKERSONSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 72
From Noblesville
- ALAN JENSEN BARDACHFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · October 10, 1968
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD LAWHONPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL GRANTStaff Sergeant · December 15, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE SHELTONCorporal · January 24, 1970
- LAWRENCE LEE GORDONCorporal · May 6, 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.