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GERRY DON COULT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 7, 1951 – July 22, 1971
Service recordGerry Don Coult, of Chillicothe, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Missouri (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 111
- ALTON JOHN HEBERTSergeant First Class · July 19, 1971
- NORMAN MAXIESpecialist Four · July 19, 1971
- ALBERT EUGENE PETERSON JRMajor · July 19, 1971
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 1971
From Chillicothe
- JOSEPH VAUGHN MURRAYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 18, 1966
- DAVID WAYNE UTLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD BONDERERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH GENE EWINGSpecialist Four · November 22, 1969
- GARY HAROLD GARNERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
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.