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LAVERNE DARTON COYLE
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
April 13, 1930 – December 1, 1970
Service recordLaverne Darton Coyle, of Franklinton, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 101
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 13, 1930
- Home of record
- Franklinton, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 101
- KENNETH EUGENE CRAYNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 1, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM FRECHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1970
- ERIC LAWRENCE GRIFFITHAirman · December 1, 1970
- JOHN HENRY HOLMESSergeant First Class · December 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH EUGENE CRAYNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 101
- RAYMOND BISHOP PENN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 6W, Line 102
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 102
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.