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JOHN WESLEY COGHILL
Ensign · U.S. Navy
August 29, 1943 – May 13, 1967
Service recordJohn Wesley Coghill, of Chicago, Illinois, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 13, 1967, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 104
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. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- August 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 104
- MICHAEL FRANK BUCKLEYCorporal · May 13, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD BURNSPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- JOSEPH CAVAROCCHIPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JERRY EDWARD GORNEYFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.