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THOMAS L COLDREN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1938 – May 23, 1967
Service recordThomas L Coldren, of Hughes, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Hughes, Arkansas (St Francis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 90
- CHARLIE MACK GILMERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WENDAL HOMUTHLieutenant · May 23, 1967
- BOBBY RAY JERMYNCaptain · May 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBIE MAXSEN AUTONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 88
- RALPH W BLACKERBYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 89
From Hughes
- RONALD EDWARD PILLOWCorporal · July 13, 1968
- CARL FRANKLIN GOACHERCorporal · November 11, 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.