Frank W. Coe

Frank W. Coe
Major General Frank W. Coe, Chief of Coast Artillery from 1918 to 1926
Born	(1870-11-27)November 27, 1870 Bowling Green, Missouri
Died	May 25, 1947(1947-05-25) (aged 76) Washington, D.C
Buried at	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1892–1926
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Coast Artillery School Railway Artillery Reserve, First United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War Pancho Villa Expedition World War I
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal Order of St. Michael and St. George (Britain) Legion of Honor (commander) (France)
Spouse(s)	Anne Chamberlaine Martha Pratt

Frank W. Coe (November 27, 1870 – May 25, 1947) was a major general in the United States Army. He is notable for having served as the Chief of Coast Artillery.

Frank Winston Coe was born in Manhattan, Kansas on November 27, 1870. He attended Kansas State Agricultural College for three years, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1892. Coe was appointed a second lieutenant of Field Artillery.

Coe's initial assignments with the 1st Field Artillery included Fort Hamilton, New York and Fort Monroe, Virginia.

During the Spanish–American War Coe served at Key West Barracks, Florida, where his unit was responsible for the defense of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

Coe's post-war assignments included: instructor in Mathematics at West Point; adjutant of the School of Submarine Defense at Fort Totten, New York; adjutant at West Point; adjutant at Fort Monroe; assistant to the Chief of Coast Artillery; director of the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe; and Coast Artillery postings at Governors Island and Fort Totten, New York, and Fort Kamehameha, Hawaii. In the years immediately prior to World War I he served as Del Rio, Texas during the Pancho Villa Expedition, and in San Francisco, California on the staff of the Army's Western Department.