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CHARLES LOYD COLEMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1948 – May 31, 1968
Service recordCharles Loyd Coleman, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 7
- JAMES ANDREW CASTLEBERRYSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD COWELLPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- LEROY DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.