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THOMAS PAUL COFFINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1951 – September 13, 1970
Service recordThomas Paul Coffino, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1951
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 60
- CURVIN CLAYTONSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- JON COLESergeant · September 13, 1970
- FRANKLIN MATTHEW CORL JRSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · September 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN MATTHEW CORL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 60
- EDMOND WILLIAM RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 62
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.