Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Richard Ross Coomer
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Richard Ross Coomer

Corporal
1947 – 1968
Silver Star
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 40W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Corporal Richard Ross Coomer served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Richard served in the Vietnam War. Richard was 21 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Blast injury
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Nam
Keepsakes
Richard R Coomer
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
A CO, 1ST BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
0331: MACHINE GUNNER
CPL
MACHINEGUNNER
QUANG NAM
1968
Pay grade E04.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 5

For valor

Silver Star

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 40W · Line 45 cut as RICHARD R COOMER
Burial Information
Cemetery Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Section P
Grave 375
In Our Keeping
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Richard Ross Coomer
Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1968
1st Battalion, 1st Marines
Corporal
Silver Star
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
1st Battalion, 1st Marines - Insignia

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