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BOBBY WALTER COLEMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1939 – April 11, 1967
Service recordBobby Walter Coleman, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 10, 1939
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 13
- RICHARD ALLEN WILLIAMSSergeant · April 10, 1967
- BARRY BERNARD BROERMANPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- EDWIN ELLIS ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 13
- EDWIN ELLIS ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 13
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 14
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 14
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- MEDARD A J RUEHLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 17
- WILLIS WHITE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 17
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.