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ROBERT JOSEPH COLEMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – June 30, 1969
Service recordRobert Joseph Coleman, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 36
- ANTHONY JOHN CABOT JRSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- EUGENE THOMAS COXSergeant · June 30, 1969
- GERALD CHARLES DALEYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- JOSEPHUS DANIELSSergeant · June 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD FOWLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 37
- JAMES WALTER JONESCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS MORRISSEYCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 39
- GLEN ERVIN POTEETSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 39
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 40
- JEROME ERNIE TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 40
- LARRY JOE WHITECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 41
From Cambridge
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
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.