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THEODORE COAXUM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1944 – February 22, 1968
Service recordTheodore Coaxum, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 60
- JAMES STEPHEN COMBSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- RICHARD AGUIRRE CONTRERASPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- HOWARD MAX COXLance Corporal · February 22, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES COXAirman First Class · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JUDE CAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 58
- KENDALL HANSON CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 59
- LOYD MEREDITH WILLSONCaptain · Panel 40E, Line 71
- EDWARD LLEWEL WORTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 71
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.