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JOHN THOMAS COLL JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1944 – November 17, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Coll JR, of Madison, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Supply Management Officer (4201)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Madison, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 7
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CORMIERPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- ROGER EARL DALRYMPLEChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 17, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE RANDALL COMBSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CORMIERPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 7
- ROBERT JERRY FARLEY SRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 8
- MICHAEL EDWARD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 9
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIE PAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 11
- JOHN WESLY TERRELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- LARRY PRESTON THURMANSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 12
- JAMES D YEAKLEYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 12
From Madison
- ROBERT L MURPHYSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- RUSSEL WARREN ENGLESpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH MARKOVICHSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- WALTER BUSILL TULLY JRMajor · March 2, 1969
- RALPH ERNEST PIANO JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 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.