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WILLIE COLEMAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1946 – January 22, 1967
Service recordWillie Coleman JR, of Brownsville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 66
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Tennessee (Haywood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 66
- LEWIS CARL ANDERSONSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- CLIFTON FREDERICK JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1967
- D C GEORGEPrivate First Class · January 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD W REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 67
- ANTONIO GILBERTO YESCASSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 68
From Brownsville
- LARRY ADRIAN LANDCorporal · March 6, 1967
- ANDREW CURRIEPrivate · July 4, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD LANE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM LEWIS HAAKLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- RICHARD KEITH JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
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.