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FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1949 – July 28, 1969
Service recordFrancis Joseph Coulombe, of Gardner, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Gardner, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 62
- RORY MICHAEL BAUMCorporal · July 28, 1969
- LANNY ROSS BAUMANNSpecialist Five · July 28, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR BLAIRSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- EDWARD WILLIAM WYATTMajor · July 28, 1969
From Gardner
- EMILE JOSEPH LEGERESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JOHN CHESTER GEMBORYSLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- WILLIAM FLOYD BRONSON JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHESergeant · May 27, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · July 6, 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.