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WILLIAM PATRICK COLL
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1938 – September 13, 1967
Service recordWilliam Patrick Coll, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 65
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 65
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · September 13, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS FLYNNLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- DENNIS RAY HODGESpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- BRUCE ALAN KERNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.