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COLIE ETHERIDGE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1944 – June 2, 1968
Service recordColie Etheridge JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · June 2, 1968
- CLEM CALVIN GILESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1968
- HERVE JOSEPH GUAYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- RICKIE LUKERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.