The Wall › Panel 38W › New York › Wilbert Evane Coleman
WILBERT EVANE COLEMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1942 – November 20, 1968
Service recordWilbert Evane Coleman, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 15
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 20, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 15
- THOMAS JOHN BURTONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CLIFFORDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- TERRY W CLIFTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- CLAUDE COLE JRSergeant · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEON BROWNLEESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 14
- DONALD PATRICK EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 17
- RONALD RUSSELL FITCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- CHARLES WILLIAM HANSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 17
- WASHINGTON HUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 38W, Line 18
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 18
- THOMAS PAUL SCHWABSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
- JAMES EDWARD STONECorporal · Panel 38W, Line 21
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.