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RICHARD ARTHUR COFFEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1941 – November 4, 1965
Service recordRichard Arthur Coffey, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 17
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JRCaptain · November 4, 1965
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 16
- JAMES EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 16
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 17
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 17
- ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JRCaptain · Panel 3E, Line 17
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 17
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · Panel 3E, Line 18
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 18
- JAMES HENRY JARZENSKISergeant · Panel 3E, Line 18
- CHAMP JACKSON LAWSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 18
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 19
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 19
- FRED MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 19
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 19
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · Panel 3E, Line 19
- BENJAMIN ROBERT PINKERTONSpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3E, Line 20
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 20
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3E, Line 20
- LARIS WHITE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 21
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.