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WILLIAM MICHAEL COOMES
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1941 – February 3, 1966
Service recordWilliam Michael Coomes, of Madisonville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 134
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Madisonville, Kentucky (Hopkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 134
- MICHAEL WILSONLance Corporal · February 2, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- RICHARD CLIVE YOUNGBEARSergeant · February 3, 1966
From Madisonville
- JOHN CURTIS BURDENHospitalman · August 17, 1967
- JOHN LEE JONESCorporal · February 2, 1968
- HENRY LEE PALMERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD HAWKINSSergeant · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM DEXTER HARRISSpecialist Four · September 14, 1973
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.