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RAY EUGENE COLN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – October 30, 1967
Service recordRay Eugene Coln, of North Canton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 101
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- North Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 101
- ROBERT FRANCIS RENSHAWLance Corporal · October 30, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS REYMANSergeant · October 30, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD TOMLINSON SRPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WILSON JRSergeant · October 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE MULDROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 100
From North Canton
- ERVIN LEONARD LAIRDSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN SHEHLPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD KUHN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- EDWARD EUGENE BECK JRGunnery Sergeant · August 9, 1969
- DAVID ANDREW BRYANPrivate First Class · November 24, 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.