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JAMES COLEMAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1944 – June 26, 1966
Service recordJames Coleman JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1966; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 97
- IVOR ECAROL BUNCHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- THOMAS EARL EDDYCaptain · June 26, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.