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PATRICK CHARLES COUGHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – April 9, 1968
Service recordPatrick Charles Coughlin, of Mt Pleasant, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 57
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Mt Pleasant, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 57
- JAMES RUSSELL CHINNSpecialist Five · April 9, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM COOPERSpecialist Five · April 9, 1968
- THOMAS FRANCIS DAZEY JRSpecialist Four · April 9, 1968
- JAMES DALE DILLONStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICKY GENE INLOWSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 2
- ROLAND EDROY MOORESergeant · Panel 49E, Line 4
- JOSEPH RONALD PAULETTESergeant · Panel 49E, Line 5
- DOUGLAS GERALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 6
- DAVID FREDERICK WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 6
From Mt Pleasant
- DONALD FRANK SCHMIDTCaptain · June 20, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN HOWEStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS J PRICESpecialist Five · April 12, 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.