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COY EDWARD STROBLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 22, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordCoy Edward Stroble, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 14
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 14
- ROBERT LEE SPROULGunnery Sergeant · June 13, 1968
- MILO HERSEY STRATTONSergeant · June 13, 1968
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · June 13, 1968
- FORREST EDWARD WARDCorporal · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 8
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 9
- RICHARD THOMAS HUGGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 10
- RAUL RAMOS-JIMENEZSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 11
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 12
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- FORREST EDWARD WARDCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- RONALD ALTON WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 15
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 1969
- HAROLD EDWARD CROWDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
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.