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ALEXANDER COLES JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
January 15, 1946 – January 23, 1967
Service recordAlexander Coles JR, of Salem, New Jersey, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 69
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Salem, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 69
- MARK ANTHONY CHMIELPrivate First Class · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM ELICE COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1967
- JULIAN A FINCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1967
- JONATHON E THOMAS JRFirst Sergeant · January 23, 1967
From Salem
- CLAUDE WILLIAM MCBRIDEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1963
- CHARLES FREDRICK COINERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1966
- DONALD LEE LEHEWSergeant First Class · August 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE HUNTERPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS FERRELLIPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS HUBERT JONESPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
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.