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PAUL THOMAS COE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – November 14, 1970
Service recordPaul Thomas Coe, of Concord, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 58
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 58
- DONALD LYNN VALENTINESergeant · November 13, 1970
- DAVID IRVIN WRIGHTMajor · November 13, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- LEONARD PETER ALLENSergeant · November 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 59
- FREDRICK JOSEPH HUGHESCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- MICHAEL CHARLES JENSENCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 60
- JAMES MICHAEL MEEHANSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 60
- STANLEY HERBERT TRYGG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 61
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 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.