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JAMES ANTHONY COY
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 21, 1944 – June 11, 1965
Service recordJames Anthony Coy, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 7
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1965; seven of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 7
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- MARVIN GLEN SHIELDSPetty Officer Third Class · June 10, 1965
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- ALVIN JAMES DIMONDCaptain · June 11, 1965
- MERLE EDWARD ESTESStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- ALLAN STEGALL JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
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.