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ARTHUR COLEMAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 22, 1945 – July 20, 1968
Service recordArthur Coleman JR, of Marks, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Marks, Mississippi (Quitman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 17
- RENE CARBAJAL-AZMITIASpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ERNEST EVANSSergeant · July 20, 1968
- JOHN CEPHAS GAETHSergeant · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 16
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 18
- BRIAN FRANCIS LEFEVREPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 19
- ALLEN LLOYD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 21
- GEORGE ALBERT TODDSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 22
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
From Marks
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGEESergeant · March 21, 1968
- CLAUDIE METCALFPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
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.