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THOMAS EUGENE COULSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 26, 1947 – March 19, 1967
Service recordThomas Eugene Coulson, of Orosi, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 110
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Orosi, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 110
- JAMES JOHN BATESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- BRUCE ANTHONY CORCORANPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- MARLIN CHRIS EVERSGERDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
From Orosi
- FRANCISCO FRANCOSergeant · March 3, 1968
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.