COFFIN, Roger F
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COFFIN, Roger Frank
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| Servicenumber: |
39199530 |
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| Age: |
21 |
| Born: |
25 October 1922, South Dakota |
| Hometown: |
Trail City, South Dakota |
| Family: |
Harry E. Coffin (Father)
Marie D. (Prenevost) Coffin (Mother)
Roy H. Coffin (Brother)
Howard C. Coffin (Brother)
Jean M. Coffin (Sister)
Grant Coffin (Brother)
Zane V. Coffin (Brother)
John Coffin (Brother)
June (Livesey) Coffin )Sister)
Lorane Coffin (Sister)
Jerry Coffin (Brother)
Mary (Giddings) Coffin (Sister) |
| Rank: |
Corporal |
| Function: |
Infantryman 11C (Mortar-Man) |
| Regiment: |
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment |
| Battalion: |
1st Battalion |
| Division – Transport: |
82nd Airborne Division |
| Company – Squadron: |
C Company |
| Unit – Group: |
- |
Plane data:
(Serialnumber, MACR, etc.) |
- |
| Date of death: |
23 September 1944 |
| Status: |
KIA |
| Place of death: |
Plasmolen, Holland |
| Spot: |
Not available |
| Awards: |
Purple Heart |
| Gravenumber: |
Plot F, Row 2, Grave 10 |
| Cemetery: |
American War Cemetery Margraten |
| Biography: |
http://mva.sd.gov/sdwwiimemorial/subpages/profiles/Display.asp?P=346 |
| Other information: |
Roger was killed by a mortar barrage. |
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Dave Coffin, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com,
www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Sunnyann, Dave Coffin
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