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RICHARD COLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – March 29, 1966
Service recordRichard Coleman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 59
- COLON RICARDO RODRIGUEZSergeant · March 28, 1966
- GREGORY VAN ARMSTEADPrivate · March 29, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- THOMAS BINIONSergeant · March 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY VAN ARMSTEADPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 59
- THOMAS BINIONSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 59
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.