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LONALD RAY COLEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – February 8, 1971
Service recordLonald Ray Coleman, of De Soto, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 87
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- De Soto, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 87
- THOMAS PATRICK DOODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1971
- MICHAEL BRUCE FIRSTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1971
- DAVID NELSON FOXCaptain · February 8, 1971
- ROBERT BARRY GENTRYWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL RIVERA BENITEZPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 86
- MICHAEL BRUCE FIRSTPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 87
- GERALD JOHN TWOREKStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 90
From De Soto
- RONALD MARION FILKINSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- JAMES GORMON GOETZLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD MERTELL JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- NORMAN OTTIS COPELANDCorporal · February 5, 1968
- PHILLIP RAY DOEBERTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- LESLIE MORGAN ALYHospitalman · September 17, 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.