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RONALD ALLEN COLEMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1943 – June 2, 1968
Service recordRonald Allen Coleman, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 11
- PETER ANTHONY CLAVIO JRSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- ALBERT ELMORE COOKStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1968
- JOHN DIVINE CREWS JRSergeant · June 2, 1968
- DENNIS EARL DILLONLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FRANCIS BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 10
- JOHN DIVINE CREWS JRSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 11
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · Panel 61W, Line 12
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 14
- RANDALL LEE WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · Panel 61W, Line 19
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.