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JAMES THOMAS COON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – November 10, 1967
Service recordJames Thomas Coon, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 65
- RAYMOND HOWARD CHASE JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 10, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- WILLIAM H RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARDSpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
- KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 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.