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JAMES EDWARD COLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Coleman, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 111
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CAREYHospitalman · May 26, 1967
- HARRY KENNETH CARTRETTELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ANTHONY MAC CASSCorporal · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT HUGHESTON CHANDLERSergeant · May 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERONIMO GARCIA-SOTOSergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 115
- FRANK JAMISONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 117
- EMMETT JERMANY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 117
- XAVIER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 118
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 119
- SHELTON MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- JIMMY KEITH MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 121
- OXLEY CARRINGTON MOULTRIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 122
- DAVID LEE NIEMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 122
- RICHARD EDWARD POTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 123
- GARY MARTIN SMITHPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 125
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.