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EVERETTE EARL COFER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1935 – April 3, 1970
Service recordEverette Earl Cofer, of Water Valley, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Water Valley, Mississippi (Yalobusha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 87
- CARL STEPHEN BERGER JRSergeant · April 3, 1970
- MANCE BROWNSergeant First Class · April 3, 1970
- WILLARD LEE CLEMONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 3, 1970
- RAINER LOUIS COLEPrivate First Class · April 3, 1970
From Water Valley
- EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JOE LYNN AVANTSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
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.