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CHARLES FREDRICK COINER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1944 – March 3, 1966
Service recordCharles Fredrick Coiner, of Salem, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 96
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Salem, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 96
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- PAUL ALBERT MEINERSCaptain · March 2, 1966
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- ROBERT FLETCHER FIELDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- PAUL HARRISON GREENEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
From Salem
- CLAUDE WILLIAM MCBRIDEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1963
- DONALD LEE LEHEWSergeant First Class · August 26, 1966
- ALEXANDER COLES JRHospitalman · January 23, 1967
- DONALD LEE HUNTERPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS FERRELLIPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS HUBERT JONESPrivate First Class · June 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.