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ROBERT FRANKLIN COADY
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 11, 1939 – January 18, 1969
Service recordRobert Franklin Coady, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 18, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 31
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 602 SOP SQ 56 SOP WG
- Born
- September 11, 1939
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 18, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Aircraft
- A-1H
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 31
- RAYMOND GLENN BEAMSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
- BENJAMIN PERRY BENTONSergeant · January 18, 1969
- FREDDIE ALLEN BONETTIStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO CASTROStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.