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HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COE
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
July 21, 1926 – May 20, 1962
Service recordHewett Frank Evastus Coe, of Anderson, South Carolina, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 20, 1962, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 9
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- July 21, 1926
- Home of record
- Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1962
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1962; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1962, 3 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 9
- BILLIE LESTER BEARDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1962
- RONALD EUGENE LEWISPrivate · May 1, 1962
- GEORGE EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · May 28, 1962
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
From Anderson
- JAMES ROY BROOKS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILBURN ROBERSONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- HAROLD GUINN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATTISONStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1970
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.