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CHARLES EUGENE COFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1948 – December 11, 1968
Service recordCharles Eugene Coffman, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 84
- DAVID MICHAEL DICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1968
- JOE MANUEL JUAREZPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · December 11, 1968
- STEVEN PARKER BRODRICKFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 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.