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CLARENCE LEROY COLEMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 11, 1929 – February 10, 1965
Service recordClarence Leroy Coleman, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 89
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Powertrain Repairer (68D)
- Born
- June 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 89
- PAUL EUGENE BAYSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- DELMER LEE FERRISPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
- HARRY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 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.