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ROGER LEROY COFFMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1945 – March 11, 1970
Service recordRoger Leroy Coffman, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 111
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 111
- WILLIAM ALVIN COMLYCorporal · March 11, 1970
- MARTIN JAMES DEHIMERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER DUMASSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- DENNIS FREDERICK GRACEFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL CHAPPEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 110
- RODNEY GLENN HELSELCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 112
- OLAF THOMAS OLSENCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 113
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.