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COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1944 – April 12, 1966
Service recordColey Louis Washington JR, of St Albans, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 108
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 12, 1944
- Home of record
- St Albans, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 108
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD BORDERPrivate · April 13, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID BORIEOPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LAVALL DURRLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 106
- WAYNE JUDE SPELLMANCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 107
From St Albans
- WILLIAM MCKINLEY BALDWINSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- HERBERT SHERRILLSergeant · June 29, 1967
- SAMUEL LEE DASH JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DONALD CALVIN BROWNSergeant · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM ADAMS JRCorporal · April 19, 1968
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · June 18, 1969
- JAMES FINNEY JRStaff Sergeant · August 3, 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.