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ROBERT LEWIS COLEMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1941 – May 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Lewis Coleman, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 95
- HAROLD RAY BURTONCorporal · May 25, 1970
- CLAUDE HARMON CARGILEFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN CHAMBERLAINCorporal · May 25, 1970
- DAVID LEE MITCHELLCorporal · May 25, 1970
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.