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JOHN GERARD COULON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – September 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Gerard Coulon JR, of Hempstead, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 22
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 22
- WAYNE EDWARD CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
- ROY CISNEROSCorporal · September 11, 1968
- ELDON DEAN COLDREN JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JERRY DON COPELANDLance Corporal · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY FRANCIS CYSEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 23
- GARY JOSEPH HALVERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 25
From Hempstead
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAYSergeant First Class · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 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.