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STERLING KITCHENER COATES
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 13, 1938 – July 2, 1967
Service recordSterling Kitchener Coates, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 101
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 101
- MICHAEL ROBERT DOTSONPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1967
- PAUL GLENN FORBES JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAY EDWARD FORSBERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROGER HUNTER FRIESNERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
From Plymouth
- FRANK ANTHONY GLOWIAKSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- LEONARD THOMAS BISHSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SINKEWICZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- DANIEL ANDREW WITKOPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- DAVID LEESergeant · April 22, 1969
- EDISON RICHARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
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.