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LOVELL FRANKLIN COEN
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
January 9, 1920 – April 30, 1969
Service recordLovell Franklin Coen, of Radcliff, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 82
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)
- Born
- January 9, 1920
- Home of record
- Radcliff, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 82
- DAN ARTHUR BOLTON JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK BYRNEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DENNIS CONRYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- LARRY ALFONSO CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
From Radcliff
- HAROLD ALLEN ATCHERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1965
- WILLIAM GERALD BANEY JRSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- ROBERTO BRAGHINI JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1968
- ROBERT CARL TRIGGSergeant First Class · April 19, 1970
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.