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DAVID WILLIAM COON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 22, 1951 – January 17, 1971
Service recordDavid William Coon, of Fredonia, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 52
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Fredonia, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 52
- WILLIAM B BLACKMON JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
- ALBERT LEE BROWNStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1971
- JOHN LEE DOBROSKISpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
- DANIEL KENNETH ERLANDSONSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
From Fredonia
- GLENN MURRAY MCCARTYSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 1967
- PERRY ROCCO CRISEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1968
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.