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DONNIE COLEMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 7, 1946 – September 7, 1967
Service recordDonnie Coleman, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Born
- July 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 22
- DAVID ALLEN BRADSHAWSergeant · September 7, 1967
- ORRIN JOSEPH CASSATAPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- RONALD PAUL CHERRSTROMCorporal · September 7, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · April 11, 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.