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JOSHUA COLEMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 30, 1949 – April 16, 1970
Service recordJoshua Coleman, of Winnsboro, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 14 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Winnsboro, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 12
- PERRY LEE WOOSLEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- BOBBY ARTHUR YOUNGSergeant · April 15, 1970
- RICHARD LEE AYERSColonel · April 16, 1970
- ROY LOUIS BERGERONLance Corporal · April 16, 1970
From Winnsboro
- LEDELL WILLISPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD ROLLENPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1967
- BILLY JOE RENFROWSergeant · October 2, 1969
- CHARLIE SINGLETON JRSergeant · July 9, 1970
- EDWARD TARVERLance Corporal · August 12, 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.