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RAY EDWIN CODDING
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 7, 1924 – October 21, 1968
Service recordRay Edwin Codding, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 10
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 7, 1924
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 10
- GERALD EUGENE BURGENERMajor · October 21, 1968
- EDWIN EVERETT CARSONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- BASIL LINCOLN CIRIELLOMajor · October 21, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL COHN JRSergeant · October 21, 1968
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.