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DeWitt C. Coffman (28 November 1854–27 June 1932) was a United States Navy admiral. He served in the Spanish–American War and World War I.

Life and career

Coffman was born at Mount Jackson, Virginia, 28 November 1854. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1876.

Coffman served in monitorTerror during the Spanish–American War, and received the Distinguished Service Medal as Commander, Battleship Force 2, Atlantic Fleet, during World War I.

He retired as Rear Admiral on 28 November 1918, and was advanced to Vice Admiral on the retired list on 21 June 1930. He died at Jamestown, Rhode Island, on 27 June 1932.

Namesakes

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander A. S. Snow named Coffman Cove in Alaska after Coffman in 1886.^[1]

The U.S. Navy destroyer escortUSS Coffman (DE-191), launched in 1943, was named in Coffman's honor.

Gallery

• Coffman is standing fifth from the left in this 7 August 1928 photograph of retired U.S. Navy rear admirals and other retirees at Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood's ho

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  Henry Ewing Coffman (1903 - 1988)

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  Born in Cooper County, Missouri, United States

  Ancestors

  Son of Isaac Newton Coffman and Cora Bell (Merritt) Coffman

  Brother of James Clifford Coffman, Raymond Ward Coffman, Velma (Coffman) Coombs and Infant Coffman

  Father of Carl Newton Coffman and Betty Joe Coffman

  Died at age 84in Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, United States

  Profile last modified | Created 24 Nov 2020

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  Biography

  Ewing married Josephine Marie Scheibner on Sept. 02, 1936.

  Ewing is buried in Copps Chapel Cemetery, Moniteau County, MO.

  Sources

  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TF-DHM : accessed 24 November 2020), Henry E Coffman in household of Isaac N Coffman, Saline, Cooper, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 77, sheet 3A, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 773; FHL microfilm 1,374,786.

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    Coffman, DeWitt Clinton

    Date of birth:

    November 28th, 1854 (Mount Jackson/Virginia, United States)

    Date of death:

    June 27th, 1932 (Jamestown/Rhode Island, United States)

    Buried on:

    United States Naval Academy Cemetery
    Plot: 3. 

    Nationality:

    American

    Biography

    Promotions:
    1879: Ensign;
    1885: Lieutenant Junior Grade;
    1909: Captain;
    December 5th, 1914: Rear Admiral;
    June 19th,1916: acting Vice Admiral;
    June 21st, 1930: Vice Admiral (Reserves).
    
    Career:
    ? - 1876: US Naval Academy;
    1876: USS Pensacola (1859);
    ?: Coast Survey Steamer USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson;
    ?: USS Pensacola (1859);
    ?: USS Adams (1874);
    ?: USS Boston (1884);
    ?: USS Terror (BM-4);
    1900: Commandant of Midshipman, Naval Academy;
    1912: Commandant, Boston Navy Shipyard;
    1914: 3rd Division, Atlantic Fleet;
    1918: Commander, Battleship Force 2, Atlantic Fleet;
    ?: Commander Battle Force, Atlantic Fleet / Second in Command, Atlantic Force;
    November 28th, 1918: Reserves.
    
    In 1868 Coffman Cove in Alaska was named after him and in 1943 the destroyer USS Coffman (DE-191).

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