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WILLARD GILSON COEN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1926 – February 27, 1969
Service recordWillard Gilson Coen, of Wiley City, Washington, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 77
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Supervisor (94Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1926
- Home of record
- Wiley City, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 77
- SAM WILLIAM BUSBYLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
- CECIL FLOYD BUSHPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- MARSHALL LEE CALENDERCorporal · February 27, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK CARNEY JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
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.