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RALPH COLEMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1931 – April 11, 1966
Service recordRalph Coleman, of Cantonment, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 98
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Cantonment, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 98
- ZED CONNOR CREVELINGPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN ALLEN DAVISPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
- CARL DWAYNE BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
- CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
- HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 97
- ANDREW J CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 97
- WILLIAM HARVEY CAUSEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
- JOHN ALLEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 98
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
- PHILYAW FEEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
- EUGENE GARRETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 99
- EDWARD LEE GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
- BOZY GERALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 99
- DAVID A HAMMETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- NORMAN LEVERN HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
- PHILIP ALFONSO JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EVERETT EUGENE LANGSTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EDWIN HARRY LEVERINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
- EMMITT MAYS JRPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 101
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 102
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 103
From Cantonment
- JAMES TERRY BEASLEYCorporal · August 26, 1966
- KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES MCNACPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- HUBERT CHARLES KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JAMES LARRY WARDSergeant · February 7, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.