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DONALD A COFFIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 6, 1949 – January 19, 1968
Service recordDonald A Coffin, of Little Falls, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 75
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Little Falls, New York (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 75
- ROBERT JAMES BLACK JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JUAN CARLOS CASTELLANOSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DECROSTASpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUAN CARLOS CASTELLANOSCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 75
- JOSEPH GERWATOWSKISergeant · Panel 34E, Line 76
- ROOSEVELT JONESMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 78
- JAMES RUSSELL MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 79
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 34E, Line 83
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.