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DAVID LANGSTON COKER JR
Captain · U.S. Army
June 15, 1946 – March 24, 1971
Service recordDavid Langston Coker JR, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 72
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 72
- MANASSEH BROCK WARRENCorporal · March 23, 1971
- DOUGLAS EDWARD AYERSSergeant · March 24, 1971
- CURTIS DEAN BAUERSergeant · March 24, 1971
- HARRY MEDFOR BECKWITH IIISergeant · March 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS DEAN BAUERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 72
- HARRY MEDFOR BECKWITH IIISergeant · Panel 4W, Line 72
- JEROME DON KLEINPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 73
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 74
- ROBERT DANIEL WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 75
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 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.