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JAMES TERRY COGGINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1949 – June 28, 1968
Service recordJames Terry Coggins, of Griffin, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Griffin, Georgia (Spalding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 8
- JOHN HOUSTON BAKERCorporal · June 28, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- JOHN RANDOLPH COOPER JRSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- MARK EDWARD VANDERHEIDLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 9
- ERNEST PETTWAY DAVISSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 9
From Griffin
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
- WARREN EUGENE KENERLYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · November 29, 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.