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CHARLES THOMAS COATS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1949 – May 27, 1968
Service recordCharles Thomas Coats, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 4
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Klamath Falls, Oregon (Klamath County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 4
- NIKOLA BABICHLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BAGLINISpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BALLINGERMajor · May 27, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD BEATTYSergeant · May 27, 1968
From Klamath Falls
- FRANCIS LEO COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- JIMMY ERIK FLORENCorporal · November 6, 1967
- JERRY OSCAR STENBERGLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOHN RENFIELD TWOREKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · August 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- JIMMIE MALCOLM THOMPSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES MCKIBBANStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
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.