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CLYDE LEE COFFMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – April 4, 1970
Service recordClyde Lee Coffman, of Warrensburg, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 91
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Warrensburg, Missouri (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 91
- EVERETT LEE ANKROMSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
- MANNIE ALFRED BARBERPrivate · April 4, 1970
- STEPHEN LEE BUSBYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- FREDERICK W DAUTEN JRMajor · April 4, 1970
From Warrensburg
- MARTIN COXSergeant First Class · April 7, 1966
- RONALD LEON BOWMANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- TROY EDWARD HIRNI IISpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HAROLD HENRY HUNTERSergeant · January 27, 1969
- THOMAS BRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- CHARLES FRANK MORLEYMajor · February 18, 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.