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LARRY DALE COATS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1948 – September 3, 1968
Service recordLarry Dale Coats, of Twin Falls, Idaho, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Twin Falls, Idaho (Twin Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 31
- DAVID CARROLL BURCHCaptain · September 3, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL CEDERLUNDWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVID JRSergeant · September 3, 1968
- RICHARD ALBAN GROSSLance Corporal · September 3, 1968
From Twin Falls
- JAMES HERBERT ALLREDMajor · December 14, 1963
- BRENT JOHN BAUMERTSergeant · April 26, 1966
- RICHARD BUCK CARLSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- DAVID ROGER CHATTERTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 18, 1967
- BILLY GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- HERMAN AUGUSTA LOHMAN JRCorporal · April 6, 1968
- ALLAN THEO ASLETTPrivate First Class · September 27, 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.