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PETER MICHAEL COLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1944 – January 31, 1968
Service recordPeter Michael Coleman, of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 69 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP ENG CMD
- Born
- October 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Ebensburg, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 3
- ALFRED PATRICK L COFFROTHSergeant · January 31, 1968
- EUGENE JOSEPH CONNERMajor · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD CONNOLLYSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- MODESTO COTTO JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
From Ebensburg
- LEROY HARRY SCOTTCorporal · June 16, 1969
- ROBERT HARRY FENNELLCaptain · March 31, 1970
- WILLIAM RUSSELL LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 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.