Rank: Sergeant
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 23-May-1948
Hometown: Holdrege, Nebraska
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 17-Aug-1969
Start of tour: 2-Aug-1970
Incident date: 22-Oct-1970
Date of casualty: 22-Oct-1970
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Other accident.
Roger Lee Coen was killed while on a combat operation when a mine being placed into position accidentally detonated. / On dismounted patrol, setting up mechanical ambush, accidentally detonated.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 965 386
Place of interment: Prairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, Nebraska, USA
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