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GREGORY MAC COONS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1949 – February 15, 1970
Service recordGregory Mac Coons, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 14
- JOHN E CARTER JRLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- FERNANDO BARCINAS ESTEVESSergeant · February 15, 1970
- MARK ROLAND HORNERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- GERALD EDWARD HULLCaptain · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM SIDNEY G KELLYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 15
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 17
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 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.