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DONALD CLAY COULTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 12, 1944 – August 7, 1967
Service recordDonald Clay Coulter, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 86
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 86
- ROBERT JULIAN DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES FITZGERALDLieutenant · August 7, 1967
- FRANK DANIEL GEORGEStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1967
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOKPlatoon Sergeant · August 7, 1967
From Maryville
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 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.