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LEONARD ASHWORTH COLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 20, 1945 – May 16, 1969
Service recordLeonard Ashworth Coles, of Webster, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A TRP 4 SQD 12 CAV 5 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Webster, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 24
- AUTHRAN WAYNE WINFREYLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WORDENSpecialist Five · May 15, 1969
- DAN YAZZIESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
From Webster
- DONALD WALTER HOLLEDERMajor · October 17, 1967
- PETER JON KAULBACKLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- DAVID ALBERT SEMMLERCorporal · February 5, 1971
- REX MARTIN DANIELSCorporal · April 16, 1971
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.