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RONALD JOHN COLEMAN
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 25, 1942 – December 24, 1971
Service recordRonald John Coleman, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 24, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 91
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 91
- WILLIAM ROBERT FINNCaptain · December 24, 1971
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL TUCKERCaptain · December 24, 1971
- JAMES CHARLES WATSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD FURSTENWERTHSpecialist Five · December 26, 1971
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.