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DOUGLAS COATS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – August 30, 1967
Service recordDouglas Coats, of Red Bay, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 67
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Red Bay, Alabama (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 67
- MICHAEL JOHN ALLARDLieutenant · August 30, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- JOHN SHELBY BURFORDMajor · August 30, 1967
- FARRELL RICHARD CAREWSergeant · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 68
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROBERT WEST MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 70
- VAUGHAN SHAW MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 71
- CHARLES ROBERT WILKERSONSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 72
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.