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WILLIAM RAY COGGINS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1938 – February 19, 1970
Service recordWilliam Ray Coggins, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1970, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 31
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 28, 1938
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 31
- NIXON DEWAYNE PIKEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- HENRY TONY RAVAPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- MICHAEL VERNON BLUDWORTHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
- DEAN WALTER BORROUSCHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1970
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.