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LEON COIT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1949 – March 10, 1969
Service recordLeon Coit, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 100
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 100
- ARTHUR WILLIAM COFERCaptain · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ROY CRUICKSHANKPetty Officer Second Class · March 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN DOSECKPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESSE HAROLD ARCHERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 98
- JAMES LUTHER CAMERONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 99
- ARTHUR GEORGE-PIZARROSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 101
- JOHN EDWARD LORTZ IIICorporal · Panel 30W, Line 102
- JULIUS AUGUSTA MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 1
- WILLIAM JOHN STEDLSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 3
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.