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JOHN LEE COLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1949 – April 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Lee Coleman, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 51E, Line 17
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- PETER EDWARD CONLINSergeant · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.