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PHILLIP RODNEY COLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1945 – October 29, 1966
Service recordPhillip Rodney Coleman, of Wayland, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Wayland, Kentucky (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 126
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- RAYMOND DOSSSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- WILLIAM GRANVILLE MANSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 125
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 125
- RAYMOND DOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 126
- WILLIAM GRANVILLE MANSFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 126
- RICHARD FRANK MUSTOPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 127
- DANIEL BENSON NOLFFPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 127
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 128
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.