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EDWARD AUBREY COFFEY
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1934 – August 11, 1967
Service recordEdward Aubrey Coffey, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 8, 1934
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 99
- KENNETH ALLEN BERUBEFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- CLYDE GLENN GENTLEPrivate First Class · August 11, 1967
- HENRY BRIAN GRAMMERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- DONNIE WINFIELD YOUNGPrivate First Class · August 11, 1967
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.