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JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELD
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – September 13, 1967
Service recordJessie Clifford Cofield, of Newnan, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 65
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Newnan, Georgia (Coweta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 65
- WILLIAM PATRICK COLLCaptain · September 13, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS FLYNNLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- DENNIS RAY HODGESpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- BRUCE ALAN KERNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 64
- DENNIS RAY HODGESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 65
- KENNETH CARL RAKENTINEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 66
- MICHAEL DAVID MINERPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- SIDNEY MCARTHUR RASNICKPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- WALTER FREDERICK STEFFENSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 67
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 68
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 68
From Newnan
- DONALD STEVEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- THOMAS PATE HUDDLESTONSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JOHNNY C CALHOUNSergeant First Class · March 27, 1968
- TERRY ALLEN JRCorporal · June 23, 1968
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
- EDGAR STEVAN PITTMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WARNER PRATER HUGHIECorporal · March 12, 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.