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LEO ALFRED COLEMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – October 18, 1970
Service recordLeo Alfred Coleman, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 7
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
- Preventive Medicine Specialist (91S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 7
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
- RANDALL CLAIBORNE KNISELYStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1970
- SIDNEY ALLEN KURZSergeant · October 18, 1970
- GREGORY MITCHELL KUTKOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.