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OLIVER COLEMAN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 4, 1942 – November 1, 1969
Service recordOliver Coleman JR, of Key West, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Training Officer (2520)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Key West, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 11
- MURRAY JOHN WYMANCaptain · October 31, 1969
- ARTHUR BURTON BENGENFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1969
- STANLEY ALTON BROWNFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- JIMMIE JOE BUTLERSergeant · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 12
- GILBERT EARL WALLACEStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 16
From Key West
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JRCaptain · July 27, 1966
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · August 25, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- KERMIT BRUCE ROBERTSTechnical Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.