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ROGER HERBERT COYE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
August 26, 1930 – December 7, 1966
Service recordRoger Herbert Coye, of Norfolk, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 18
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1930
- Home of record
- Norfolk, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 18
- JOHN WERNER CARLSONCaptain · December 7, 1966
- CARLOS ANGEL FARTOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · December 7, 1966
- PATRICK CHARLES KOZELPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
From Norfolk
- ROBERT BAILEY MARKUMCorporal · November 17, 1968
- BERNARD GEORGE PURVISLance Corporal · January 27, 1969
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.