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JESSE JAMES COON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – April 23, 1968
Service recordJesse James Coon, of Sharon, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Sharon, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 37
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- CLAUDE HENRY COVINGTONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID PAUL SPEATHCorporal · Panel 51E, Line 42
- JAMES LEROY WALLACECorporal · Panel 51E, Line 43
From Sharon
- PAUL J HESS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- TERRANCE EDWIN KLARICLance Corporal · May 11, 1967
- DONALD STEPHEN MIHORDINSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH MILLISONPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.