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COLEMAN JOHN KANE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1948 – August 23, 1967
Service recordColeman John Kane JR, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 35
- RAYMOND MAX OTTMERS JRCorporal · August 23, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- RONALD NICHOLIS SITTNERMajor · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY STINSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE MARTIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 33
- WILFREDO PUMAREJO-COLONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 33
- JOHNNY CECIL WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 36
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.