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CLARENCE BERNARD COLEMAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1952 – August 23, 1970
Service recordClarence Bernard Coleman, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 132
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 20, 1952
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 132
- PAUL WARDSpecialist Five · August 22, 1970
- RONALD LEE YOUNGSpecialist Five · August 22, 1970
- RAYMOND SANDERS BRAMWELLSpecialist Five · August 23, 1970
- CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · August 23, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.