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RICHARD WILLIAM COONS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1949 – February 12, 1970
Service recordRichard William Coons, of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 130
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Honesdale, Pennsylvania (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 130
- MICHAEL HUGH BREEDINGFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1970
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1970
- SAMUEL NURRELL BURTONPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
From Honesdale
- REED JAY SCHWEIGHOFERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- JAMES EDSALLLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- JAMES STANTONCorporal · August 12, 1969
- ROBERT EMERY COOKPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · July 9, 1972
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.