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DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 17, 1946 – August 13, 1967
Service recordDouglas Davis Coffman, of Bend, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 106
- CYRIL EDWARD STIRNKORBSergeant Major · August 12, 1967
- ALVIN RAY BOZARTHStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM CRUZSpecialist Four · August 13, 1967
- RODNEY LOUIS HOFFMANSpecialist Four · August 13, 1967
From Bend
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM HARMON KOHOLance Corporal · March 14, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD KLAWITTERLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD JERRY HORNBACKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 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.