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VINCENT SAMSON COLES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1950 – May 16, 1968
Service recordVincent Samson Coles, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 8
- STEPHEN EARL CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- GERALD JOSEPH CROSSON JRMajor · May 16, 1968
- CLIFTON CUBBAGEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- DARRELL JAMES DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.