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RICHARD FREEMAN COLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1947 – July 21, 1967
Service recordRichard Freeman Coleman, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 98
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- ROOSEVELT C CURLEY JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- GARY WAYNE STERNLance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 104
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.