Alamance county North Carolina

Lam, Alan Dinh
Marines Lance corporal

Alan Dinh Lam, age 19, from Snow Camp, North Carolina, Alamance county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 8Th Comm Bn, Ii Mhg, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Date of death: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Death details: Three Marines were killed and seven injured when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization training malfunctioned. The incident occurred near the city of Al Kut, Iraq. The dead are: Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Todd Arnold and Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell, Jr., both from the 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade; and Lance Corporal Alan Dinh Lam from the 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. 22 April 2003.

Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times

Copeland, Johnny L.
Marines Lance corporal

Johnny L. Copeland, age 19, from Burlington, North Carolina, Alamance county.

Parents: Donald

Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Cummings High

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terrorist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, UPI (1983)

Coleman, Lawrence Barber Jr.
Army Private 1st class

Lawrence Barber Jr. Coleman, age 25, from Gibsonville, North Carolina, Alamance county.

Parents: Lawrence B. Coleman Sr. and Gladys Hall Coleman
Spouse: Mary Helen Brown Coleman
Children: Bonnie Coleman, Crystal Coleman, Billy Coleman

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, August 13, 1971
Death details: Died when the truck he was driving was ambushed by hostile forces.
Cemetery: Pine Hill

Source: National Archives, Times-News

Baggett, Robert H.
Army Specialist 4

Robert H. Baggett, age 33, from Burlington, North Carolina, Alamance county.

Parents: Joseph W. Baggett

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine

Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962), Frederick News (1962)

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