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COLERIDGE WILLIAMS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1939 – May 24, 1967
Service recordColeridge Williams JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 99
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 99
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHERLE JRSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- KENNETH RONALD ABMEYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.