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RENE RAYMOND COUTU
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1946 – August 27, 1967
Service recordRene Raymond Coutu, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- March 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 49
- JAMES C BANKSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- EUGENE CHARLES CAMPBELLLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE COLEPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
- CRAIG BARKER HOLTCorporal · May 26, 1968
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.