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HARRY JAY COATES JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 28, 1931 – November 4, 1969
Service recordHarry Jay Coates JR, of Yankton, South Dakota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 27
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Yankton, South Dakota (Yankton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 27
- JOHN PATRICK BRADY JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL BRANSONSergeant · November 4, 1969
- ALFONSO ROQUE CASTROCaptain · November 4, 1969
- JIM RAY CAVENDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 4, 1969
- EDUARDO RIVERA-PAGANSpecialist Four · November 4, 1969
From Yankton
- DAVID EUGENE HEVLECorporal · April 8, 1967
- CHARLES LANE JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- RICHARD THEODORE HEIMESSergeant · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUANE JANSSENCorporal · January 26, 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.