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EDWARD CHARLES COFIELD JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1934 – March 16, 1969
Service recordEdward Charles Cofield JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 52
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 Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 52
- DALE WILLIAM COLDIRONLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- ROBERT G DANIELMaster Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- F M EUDALYMaster Sergeant · March 16, 1969
- MARVIN LEE FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL BUSTOS ALONZOSergeant First Class · Panel 29W, Line 50
- DENNIS MICHAEL GROVESCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 53
- FRANK JOHN JOE MATTERACorporal · Panel 29W, Line 55
- ROLANDO G VILLARREALStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 55
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 57
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.