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RICHARD ROSS COOMER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1947 – October 27, 1968
Service recordRichard Ross Coomer, of Placentia, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Placentia, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- 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
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 45
- JOHN MICHAEL MANSFIELDLance Corporal · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES MASLYNSergeant · October 27, 1968
- ROBERTO MENDEZLance Corporal · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD PATRICK MULLINSWarrant Officer 1 · October 27, 1968
From Placentia
- MANUEL GRIJALVA CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- MACK LEE WOOLLEY JRSergeant · September 27, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH MAKUHSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD SHERIDANFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · December 2, 1971
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.