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HUGH COYLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1931 – July 7, 1968
Service recordHugh Coyle, of Montclair, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 24, 1931
- Home of record
- Montclair, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 33
- MARLIN JOSEPH CALLIESLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- RONALD DEAN COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH DICKEYFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- DONALD MICHAEL FURRCorporal · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 36
- WILLIAM KENNETH REGANSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 38
From Montclair
- JAMES LUTHER RICKSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAM BRUCH JRFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMSColonel · November 25, 1967
- RICHARD LEE CARLSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- JOHNNIE BEE ESPYCorporal · June 7, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE FREEDLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE COPPEDGESpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LABUDDE ASMUTH JRFirst Lieutenant · July 26, 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.