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BONNIE LEE COLEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1947 – February 9, 1968
Service recordBonnie Lee Coleman, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 47
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 47
- SALVADOR M L BANAGA JRPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE CLARKPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER CONKLINPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JOSE G CORTEZSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN R BARFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 44
- GARY DAVID HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 51
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 53
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 56
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 58
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 59
- WALTER RAYMOND WASCHICKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 63
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.