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ALBERT FRANK COAST
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
February 8, 1933 – April 20, 1971
Service recordAlbert Frank Coast, of Ramona, Oklahoma, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 135
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1933
- Home of record
- Ramona, Oklahoma (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 135
- GEORGE JEFFERSON VANGUNDYCorporal · April 19, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR WALLPetty Officer Third Class · April 19, 1971
- JAMES MELVIN CARDWELLCorporal · April 20, 1971
- DANNY GEORGE DRINKARDCorporal · April 20, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.