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MCARTHUR COLEMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1943 – March 30, 1966
Service recordMcArthur Coleman, of Masury, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 63
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
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Masury, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 63
- LAWRENCE ALAN BRITTENCaptain · March 30, 1966
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
From Masury
- MARTIN WALKER JRStaff Sergeant · February 25, 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.