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DOUGLAS CARROLL COKER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 6, 1943 – August 30, 1967
Service recordDouglas Carroll Coker, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Yeoman (YN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 3 3 NC BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “NMCB 3 3 NC BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 68
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE FERGUSONLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JULIAN R HOOPERMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK WILLIAM WILKINSONPetty Officer First Class · Panel 25E, Line 72
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.