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WILLIAM H COBURN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1946 – February 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam H Coburn, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 64
- HARMON CHARLES BURDSergeant · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · February 23, 1966
- ARLEN JACKSON DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD WARREN DUCKETTPrivate · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 63
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 64
- CHARLES E DYSON JRSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- HONDAH DOVE ELPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 65
- MATTHEW HOUGHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 65
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 65
- DALMER DOLAN JUREKSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- WINSTON MORRISPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 66
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 66
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 67
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 67
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 67
- KENNETH ALDERSON REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- FRANKIE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 68
- JIMMY CLYDE SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 68
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 68
- WILLIAM JAMES STEPHENSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 69
- MARVIN JAMES WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 69
From Chesapeake
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 1968
- MELTON LAVONE KIDDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
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.