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JAMES LEE COACHMAN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1945 – August 15, 1967
Service recordJames Lee Coachman JR, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 112
- CLARENCE RAY ANGUSPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JAMES FOSTER BROOKSAirman First Class · August 15, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BUJALSKICaptain · August 15, 1967
- CLIFFORD KENT COONSHospitalman · August 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY JOSEPH MCSWAINPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 115
- BRIAN FRANCIS WALLACESpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 116
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.