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JAMES TERRELL COFER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – May 18, 1969
Service recordJames Terrell Cofer, of Covington, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 38
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Covington, Georgia (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 38
- GREGORY DOUGLAS CORNETTSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- ROGER MARVIN COURVILLECorporal · May 18, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN COXCorporal · May 18, 1969
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 35
- GREGORY GEORGE BECKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 24W, Line 36
- STEVEN BRIAN CALHOUNSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 37
- JAMES PATRICK CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 37
- JAMES OLIN FOGLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 40
- STEVEN RILEY HUFFSTUTLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 43
- KENNETH JOSEPH JOANISPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 43
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ONEILLPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 47
- GEORGE EDWARD TACKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 50
From Covington
- DANNY JOE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- EARL THOMAS SHAFFER SRFirst Sergeant · December 9, 1968
- JERRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
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.