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STEPHEN EDWARD COALSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1944 – January 7, 1968
Service recordStephen Edward Coalson, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 66
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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
- December 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 66
- CLAUDE HESSON DORRISStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE DYERLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ-LESTONStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- DAN THOMAS WARDSHospitalman · January 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GENE BRIGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 64
- ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ-LESTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 66
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.