THE WALL OF FACES

PFC Charles R. Coiley was an Airborne-qualified infantryman serving with D Company, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, U.S. Army Republic of Vietnam. In late 1970, the 173rd Airborne Brigade was conducting Operation Washington Green (April 15, 1969 - January 1, 1971), a security and pacification operation in Binh Dinh Province. During Washington Green, Brigade maneuver battalions conducted extensive cordon and search operations with Vietnamese Regional Forces and Popular Forces to rid the populated areas of Viet Cong guerrillas. On November 30th, Coiley was brought in from the field to a 173rd casualty station with a high fever. He was admitted to the 67th Evacuation Hospital in Qui Nhon at 11:30 AM in critical condition with agranulocytosis, a blood disorder where the patient has a lower-than-normal level of white blood cells, the infection-fighting cells in the bloodstream. Despite the application of life-saving measures by medical staff, Coiley expired later that evening from pneumonia and falciparum malaria, the deadliest variety of the disease. Malaria is spread through bites of infected mosquitoes. Coiley, an Army volunteer, was 18 years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

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POSTED ON 1.21.2022

POSTED BY: ANON

Forever 18

Never forgotten.

HOOAH

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POSTED ON 1.12.2022

POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. I am 72 and have lived a long and fulfilling life. It is tragic you never had that same opportunity. May you rest in eternal peace.

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POSTED ON 10.27.2021

POSTED BY: Dan Savage

A childhood friend.

Charlie Coiley lived across the street from me when I was a kid in Maine. We lived in a rural area so there weren't many other kids. He was four years older than me and took me under his wing. He played the drums and I still remember his rendition of the Sufaris' "Wipe Out." When he got a new baseball glove he gave me his old one, which I still had a couple of decades later before passing it on to another kid--a nephew. He died in Vietnam when he was 18 years old. I was 14. I'll never forget him. I'm glad they built the wall. It's far more meaningful to me than statues of soldiers.

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POSTED ON 6.4.2021

POSTED BY: Jerry Sandwisch Wood Cty. Ohio Nam V et 1969-70 Army 173rd Abn Bde

You are not forgotten

The war may be forgotten but the warrior will always be remembered. All gave Some-Some gave All. Rest in peace Sky Soldier.

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