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Coffey, John Will, Jan. 12, 1897 born in New York City, son of Thomas and Emma Coffey; Aug. 30, 1917 graduated from West Point; served in coast artillery; 1918 capt. 1921 transferred to Ordnance Department; May 18, 1921 married Loessa (July 2, 1900 born at Dorchester, Mass.) at Melrose Highlands, Mass. 1924-1928 instructor at West Point; 1933-1935 instructor at Ordnance School aty Aberdeen, Md. 1935-1939 instructor at Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; 1941 special observer in England; 1942-1943 served in Mediterranean theater as Ordnance Officer, Atlantic Base Section; 1943-1945 chief ordnance officer at Allied Headquarters in Italy; October 1943 briggen. 1945-`1947 commanded Letterkenny Ordnance Depot; May 1947-1951 professor and head of Department of Ordnance at West Point; March 8, 1951 killed in an airplane crash near Heidelberg, Germany and buried at West Point; Children. John W. Coffey, Jr., March 2, 1925 born in New York; Loessa (Diddy) Coffey Hunter and Mara Coffey Donaldson
Coffey, John Will, Jan. 12, 1897 born in New York City, son of Thomas and Emma Coffey; Aug. 30, 1917 graduated from West Point; served in coast artillery; 1918 capt. 1921 transferred to Ordnance Department; May 18, 1921 married Loessa (July 2, 1900 born at Dorchester, Mass.) at Melrose Highlands, Mass. 1924-1928 instructor at West Point; 1933-1935 instructor at Ordnance School aty Aberdeen, Md. 1935-1939 instructor at Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; 1941 special observer in England; 1942-1943 served in Mediterranean theater as Ordnance Officer, Atlantic Base Section; 1943-1945 chief ordnance officer at Allied Headquarters in Italy; October 1943 briggen. 1945-`1947 commanded Letterkenny Ordnance Depot; May 1947-1951 professor and head of Department of Ordnance at West Point; March 8, 1951 killed in an airplane crash near Heidelberg, Germany and buried at West Point; Children. John W. Coffey, Jr., March 2, 1925 born in New York; Loessa (Diddy) Coffey Hunter and Mara Coffey Donaldson
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Coffey, John Will, Jan. 12, 1897 born in New York City, son of Thomas and Emma Coffey; Aug. 30, 1917 graduated from West Point; served in coast artillery; 1918 capt. 1921 transferred to Ordnance Department; May 18, 1921 married Loessa (July 2, 1900 born at Dorchester, Mass.) at Melrose Highlands, Mass. 1924-1928 instructor at West Point; 1933-1935 instructor at Ordnance School aty Aberdeen, Md. 1935-1939 instructor at Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; 1941 special observer in England; 1942-1943 served in Mediterranean theater as Ordnance Officer, Atlantic Base Section; 1943-1945 chief ordnance officer at Allied Headquarters in Italy; October 1943 briggen. 1945-`1947 commanded Letterkenny Ordnance Depot; May 1947-1951 professor and head of Department of Ordnance at West Point; March 8, 1951 killed in an airplane crash near Heidelberg, Germany and buried at West Point; Children. John W. Coffey, Jr., March 2, 1925 born in New York; Loessa (Diddy) Coffey Hunter and Mara Coffey Donaldson
Coffey, John Will, Jan. 12, 1897 born in New York City, son of Thomas and Emma Coffey; Aug. 30, 1917 graduated from West Point; served in coast artillery; 1918 capt. 1921 transferred to Ordnance Department; May 18, 1921 married Loessa (July 2, 1900 born at Dorchester, Mass.) at Melrose Highlands, Mass. 1924-1928 instructor at West Point; 1933-1935 instructor at Ordnance School aty Aberdeen, Md. 1935-1939 instructor at Command and General Staff School at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; 1941 special observer in England; 1942-1943 served in Mediterranean theater as Ordnance Officer, Atlantic Base Section; 1943-1945 chief ordnance officer at Allied Headquarters in Italy; October 1943 briggen. 1945-`1947 commanded Letterkenny Ordnance Depot; May 1947-1951 professor and head of Department of Ordnance at West Point; March 8, 1951 killed in an airplane crash near Heidelberg, Germany and buried at West Point; Children. John W. Coffey, Jr., March 2, 1925 born in New York; Loessa (Diddy) Coffey Hunter and Mara Coffey Donaldson
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