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SAMUEL EARL COKER
Private · U.S. Army
December 28, 1945 – November 14, 1965
Service recordSamuel Earl Coker, of Florence, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 48
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- DAVE MAYES JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1965
- RALPH A COPELANDSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- LAWRENCE LAVERN COVEYStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1965
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.