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CHARLES ALEX COATS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1950 – August 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Alex Coats, of Broderick, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Broderick, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 39
- RONALD LEE CALENTINECorporal · August 23, 1968
- ROGER OVIDE CHARLANDPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- HAROLD LEE CHEADLE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- PHILIP GEORGE DAVISCorporal · August 23, 1968
From Broderick
- JOHN WERNER TIDERENCELSpecialist Four · April 23, 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.