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DENNIS SANDERS COKER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1945 – March 2, 1969
Service recordDennis Sanders Coker, of Monroe, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Monroe, Georgia (Walton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 10
- JOSEPH LENORD BIDDLESergeant · March 2, 1969
- CHRISTOS C BOGIAGES JRColonel · March 2, 1969
- ROGER CLARK BURNHAMPetty Officer Third Class · March 2, 1969
- HENRY CALDWELL JRSergeant · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- ROBERT LYNN HEINMILLERSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 13
- GEORGE RONALD LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 14
- JOHN ANTHONY PETRICMajor · Panel 30W, Line 15
- CARL LEONARD RADTKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
From Monroe
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- DANNY EUGENE GUTHRIECorporal · April 6, 1968
- BOBBY GENE FARMERSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.