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JOHN DAVID COFFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1931 – January 20, 1966
Service recordJohn David Coffield, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1931
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 80
- RAYMOND LAVOY BOATWRIGHTSergeant · January 19, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY BAUERStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1966
- LEWIS BENTON LONGChief Petty Officer · January 20, 1966
- OLEN WESLEY RASNICPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- OLEN WESLEY RASNICPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 80
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.