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STEVEN LYNN COFFEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1951 – August 28, 1970
Service recordSteven Lynn Coffey, of Yuma, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Yuma, Arizona (Yuma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 18
- EDWARD JOHN PARADASergeant · August 27, 1970
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- RAYMOND LEON HODGES JRSergeant · August 28, 1970
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
From Yuma
- CASIMIRO DIANDAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- EDWIN MICHAEL RIDENOURPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 16, 1968
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
- CURTIS MILLER WEEKS JRSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- ROBERT L CHAVEZChief Petty Officer · March 25, 1970
- DENNIS LEE LONGDAILSpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- TERRANCE LEE HOODSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JRCorporal · June 4, 1970
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.