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JEFFREY ALAN COFFIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 14, 1950 – November 22, 1970
Service recordJeffrey Alan Coffin, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 76
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 76
- JIMMY RAY CALLISONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1970
- JOHN ROCCO MUCCICorporal · November 21, 1970
- RICHARD C SCHOENBERGCaptain · November 21, 1970
- TOMMY BOWENSPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 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.