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ELDON DEAN COLDREN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1948 – September 11, 1968
Service recordEldon Dean Coldren JR, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 22
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 22
- WAYNE EDWARD CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- ROY CISNEROSCorporal · September 11, 1968
- JERRY DON COPELANDLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD OLSEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 25
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 26
- ALBERT LOUIS LAZZAROTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 26
- LONNIE EUGENE LUNDYSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 27
- DAVID OLIVER PAINTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 28
- KESTUTIS A PETRAUSKASSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 28
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 28
- AKOS DEZSO SZEKELYCaptain · Panel 44W, Line 31
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.