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WILLIAM G COATS
Major · U.S. Army
January 29, 1935 – June 1, 1967
Service recordWilliam G Coats, of Chappells, South Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Chappells, South Carolina (Newberry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 26
- CHARLES CALVIN BURNSLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- GARY CURTIS CUPPLESCorporal · June 1, 1967
- ISAAC ANDREW DIEZ JRLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID DUNLAP JRPrivate · June 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS LOREN ARBPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 25
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21E, Line 30
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.