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Christopher James Coffland
U.S. Army Reserve /
Christopher James Coffland
Spc.Coffland enlisted short of his cutoff date at 41 years old.When deployed he volunteered to take the place of a married man with children. Sent to Cop Tangi as a Military Intelligence Specialist he was working with a private contractor introducing new methods to expose IED’s.Coffland volunteered to go on patrol to help find a reported IED. After exposing a dummy IED, a 2nd IEd was triggered and killed Spc. Coffland and the civilian contractor. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
