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TROY ORION COKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordTroy Orion Coker, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 93
- JOHN EDWARD CARLSONSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- FREEMAN ABRAHAM CARRCaptain · September 16, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN CARTERCorporal · September 16, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD CLANCYSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.