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DAN L F COOMBS III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1947 – December 19, 1970
Service recordDan L F Coombs III, of Overland Park, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 132
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Overland Park, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 132
- DERALD JOE HOODPrivate First Class · December 19, 1970
- GEORGE ARTHUR KNETSARSpecialist Four · December 19, 1970
- AVON NORRIS MALLETTEWarrant Officer 1 · December 19, 1970
- ANTONIO OLIVAREZ ORTIZLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH W BLICKENSTAFF JRSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 131
From Overland Park
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JACK DENNIS RENFROLieutenant · November 7, 1966
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- JEFFERY CLARK MCTEERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMANLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
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.