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Charles H. Coffin born 1923 living in Odessa, Ector County, Texas
Charles H Coffin Birth Year: 1923 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Texas State: Texas County or City: El Paso Enlistment Date: 23 Oct 1942 Enlistment State: Texas Enlistment City: Lubbock Branch: Air Corps Branch Code: Air Corps Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status) Source: Enlisted Reserve or Medical Administrative Corps (MAC) Officer Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Photographer, News Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 00 Weight: 000
Charles Howard Coffin February 16, 1923 - March 4, 2009
Charles Howard Coffin, 86, of Odessa, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at Hospice House in Odessa, Texas. He was born on February 16, 1923 in El Paso, Texas to Howard and Fannie Coffin.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother William Coffin of El Paso. He is survived by his wife Rudie of Odessa and one daughter Beth Brinker and her husband John of Gardendale. He is also survived by one grandson, Jared Brinker and wife Sara of Fort Worth, Texas and one granddaughter, Anne Brinker of Atlanta, Georgia. He is also survived by his brother, James Coffin of Oregon.
He was in the US Army Air Corps during World War II and flew a B 26 Marauder Bomber during the war. He participated in the D-Day invasion. After the war he went to work in El Paso, for the El Paso Natural Gas Products Company and moved to Odessa in 1962 to be a project manager for the company as they built the refineries in Odessa. After retirement he spent his time fishing, landscape painting, hunting and building guns. His lifelong hobby of gun making became a business and he became a member of The American Custom Gunmaker Guild and Safari Club International. He and Rudie traveled to Europe to revisit places he had been during the war and they also made several trips to Africa to hunt.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Odessa.
Graveside services are scheduled for 5:00 PM Tuesday, March 10, 2009 in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Donnie Williams of First United Methodist Church officiating. (from Sunset Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home website)
Note: COFFIN, CHARLES HOWARD 16 Feb 1923 04 Mar 2009 (P) 86 79762 (Odessa, Ector, TX <http://resour
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