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JIMMY LEE COLEMAN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1949 – March 6, 1969
Service recordJimmy Lee Coleman, of Goodwater, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 6, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 53
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Goodwater, Alabama (Coosa County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 6, 1969
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 53
- RONALD DEVERE DUNTZPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- CLAYTON EUGENE FRALEYPrivate · March 6, 1969
- IRA MELTON FRANKLIN JRStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1969
- RICHARD LEROY FRYPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.