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HORTON SISLER COKER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1946 – October 17, 1966
Service recordHorton Sisler Coker JR, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 80
- PERRY LEE POOLELance Corporal · October 16, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD SWINNEYSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES WILSONSergeant · October 16, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 84
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.