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BILLIE LEE COLEMAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1931 – October 20, 1971
Service recordBillie Lee Coleman, of Quality, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1931
- Home of record
- Quality, Kentucky (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 44
- JOHN HENRY BROWNPrivate First Class · October 18, 1971
- ROBERT NUGENT BROWNFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1971
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · October 19, 1971
- FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JRSergeant · October 19, 1971
- MARSHALL WAYNE WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 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.