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ROBERT CORONADO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – February 21, 1971
Service recordRobert Coronado, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 128
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 128
- ROBERT EUGENE DECELLE IICaptain · February 21, 1971
- EDWARD FRANCIS DOWNEY JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- SABINO LARA JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- JOHN JOSEPH LEVULISSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.