Roger Leroy Coffman

Staff Sergeant
B CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INF RGT, 25 INF DIV
Army of the United States
03 March 1945 - 11 March 1970
Columbus, Ohio
Panel 13W Line 111

25 INF DIV 5TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign
John Chappey , left;
Roger Coffman, right

The database page for Roger Leroy Coffman

14 Jul 2001

SSG R L Coffman
(Photo courtesy of Chuck Choate)

Roger died before I got to Vietnam and I'm not sure what Platoon he was in,
but I believe it was the 3rd.

He was my training NCO for Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Ord, California.
I will remember him always!

Randy Kethcart
randy@bobcat.ws


Remembered by his comrades-in-arms

5th Inf Rgt
5th Infantry

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B Company, 1/5th Infantry, lost four men to an explosion on 11 March 1970:




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Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
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