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BENNY BOB COE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1945 – December 9, 1965
Service recordBenny Bob Coe, of Owasso, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 4
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Owasso, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 4
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD EMERYPrivate · December 9, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- DONALD JOSEPH REILLYMajor · December 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 2
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 5
- DONALD W VINCENTSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 5
From Owasso
- JOHNNY RAY TAGMANPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- PATRICK LEE SHANNONTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
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.