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JOHN COYLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1946 – March 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Coyle, of Hackensack, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Hackensack, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 67
- JOHN WILLARD CLARYPlatoon Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- JAMES LEWIS FIELDSStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- DAVID LEWIS GLASSCOCKSpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM HADLEY HOSEACaptain · March 29, 1967
From Hackensack
- JOHN D MORGANSergeant · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK GANDILPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- HAROLD JEROME DILLARDLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · April 30, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL KOZAKSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 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.