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COLEMAN, JIMMY LEE
Name: Jimmy Lee Coleman
Rank/Branch: E3/US Army
Unit: Company C, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division
Date of Birth: 20 November 1949 (Sylacauga AL)
Home City of Record: Goodwater AL
Date of Loss: 06 March 1969
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 101730N 1052251E (XS512379)
Status (in 1973): Missing In Action
Category: 3
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
REMARKS: SHOT ON BRIDGE - FELL OFF
SYNOPSIS: PFC Jimmy L. Coleman was a rifleman in Company C, 4th Battalion, 47th
Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. On March 6, 1959, Coleman was serving as point
man for his company on a reconnaissance mission in Kien Hoa Province, a few
miles southeast of the city of My Tho.
Coleman's company prepared to cross a small bamboo bridge by firing on the
opposing bank with M-79 grenade launchers to try to draw fire from enemy
forces, if they were present. The company received no return fire, so Coleman
proceeded across the bridge to provide security on the other side. As he
started across, enemy fire erupted from the other side. When the firing barrage
ceased, Coleman had disappeared.
An examination of the bridge showed blood stains where Coleman had last been
seen standing on the bridge. Divers from Company C searched the area around the
bridge and downstream, but found no trace of PFC Coleman. He was declared
Missing in Action.
In 1974 a Viet Cong rallier reported that Coleman had been shot as he crossed
the bridge, and the rallier had seen him fall into the river.
Whether Jimmy Coleman died as a result of his gunshot wound or drowned when he
fell into the river has never been learned. As far as the U.S. Army is
concerned, he is dead. For family and friends, however, doubts remain.
Since 1975, "millions of documents" and over 250,000 interviews have been
conducted concerning Americans missing in Southeast Asia. Many authorities are
certain that many Americans remain alive today. Whether Jimmy Coleman is one of
them is not certain. But as long as one American is being held against his
will, we must do everything in our power to bring him home.