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RICHARD CLYDE COLEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1934 – May 19, 1968
Service recordRichard Clyde Coleman, of Henderson, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1934
- Home of record
- Henderson, Kentucky (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 7
- JAMES WILLIAM COOPERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JESSIE FRANKLIN CROWPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE DAVIDSONLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 4
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 5
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 8
- GERALD JAMESSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 9
- ISAIAH MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 13
- GEORGE RICHARD POPESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 16
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
- GARY LEE WITHERELLSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 2
From Henderson
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT MILLERCorporal · May 31, 1968
- LAWRENCE O WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.