Edward M. Coffman (January 27, 1929 – September 16, 2020) was a military historian and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus.
He was a member of the UK Phi Beta Kappa chapter and was an Honorary Graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College.
He was named a University of Kentucky Distinguished Graduate and the Wisconsin State Assembly gave him a citation for his contributions as a teacher and historian.
[4] ABC-CLIO gave him the Spencer Tucker Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Military History.
[5] Coffman's research interests were the American participation in World War I and the social history of the U. S. Regular Army, including not only officers and soldiers but the wives and children who lived on the posts.