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JAMES PATRICK CODDINGTON
Major · U.S. Army
June 30, 1930 – November 9, 1970
Service recordJames Patrick Coddington, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 47
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 30, 1930
- Home of record
- Dyersburg, Tennessee (Dyer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 47
- TIMOTHY DAVID AMICKCorporal · November 9, 1970
- RANDALL LEE ELLISSergeant · November 9, 1970
- REX LEONARD FRAZIERStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD GERSTNERSpecialist Five · November 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIE HERRINGSergeant First Class · Panel 6W, Line 49
From Dyersburg
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DUNCANCorporal · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD NOVELSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOE THOMAS KEMMERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- IVY GALE CHILDRESSSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- JERRY PAUL BARBEEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- JOSEPH WESTER JONES IIICaptain · October 8, 1968
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JOHN HARRY BROCKSergeant · July 7, 1972
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.