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LARRY FRANKLIN COGGINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1945 – October 30, 1967
Service recordLarry Franklin Coggins, of Troy, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 99
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Troy, North Carolina (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 99
- THOMAS SANFORD GOENPetty Officer First Class · October 23, 1967
- JOE AMOSPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
- JOE HARRELL BASSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1967
- RODNEY LEE EGGLESTONSergeant · October 30, 1967
- VICTOR ROBERT WOODENPetty Officer Third Class · October 30, 1967
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.