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JOHN WAYNE COATES
Private · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – May 10, 1966
Service recordJohn Wayne Coates, of Horse Cave, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 44
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Horse Cave, Kentucky (Hart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 44
- CHARLES KENNETH MORAN JRLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD BAILEYMajor · May 10, 1966
- LARKIN MCDONALD BEGGS JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- MARVIN HOMER DAVISPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
From Horse Cave
- LARRY SCOTT RUTHERFORDSpecialist Four · January 26, 1970
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.