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Personal info

Full name
COFFMAN, Alvin Wayne
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
7008720
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 21

Immediate family

Members
W. G. Coffman (father)
Josie Coffman (mother)
Myrtle Coffman (sister)
Ed J. Coffman (brother)
Mary E. Coffman (wife)
Tommy Coffman (son)

More information

T/4 Alvin W. Coffman joined the Regular Army in Dublin, Georgia on 25 January 1940.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Knoxville News Sentinel - 2 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Knoxville News Sentinel - 2 March 1945