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CLYDE RALPH COBURN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – December 9, 1967
Service recordClyde Ralph Coburn, of Preston, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Preston, Idaho (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 68
- JERONIMO ALVARADO-RIVERAStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1967
- PATRICK EDWARD DUFFYMajor · December 9, 1967
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- LIVINGSTON GLENNStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 68
- GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 69
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 70
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.