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ROBERT LLOYD COULTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – June 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Lloyd Coulter, of Toledo, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 2
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Toledo, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 2
- JOHNNIE CLAYTON CORNELIUSCaptain · June 26, 1968
- PHILIP MATT CRANE IISecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1968
- JOHN FONSECAPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- JUAN REFUGIO GARCIALance Corporal · June 26, 1968
From Toledo
- THOMAS TAYLOR WALKERCaptain · April 7, 1966
- DAVID RAWSON BLACKMAN IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE JOHNSONHospitalman · February 8, 1968
- GARY WAYNE SMITHSergeant · December 23, 1970
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.