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SGT LAVANDA W. COLEMAN


POSTHUMOUS AWARD

  In a brief ceremony yesterday at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Maj. Raymond N. Wagner, on behalf of the commanding general IV U.S. Army Corps, present the posthumous award of the Purple Heart to Mrs. Shirley. Coleman. 3902 Arch Street, wile of Sgt. Lavanda W. Coleman Jr. Sergeant Coleman died of wounds received in the Dominican Republic on June 15,
   Besides his widow, Sergeant Coleman, is survived by a daughter, Aileen, and two sons, Lorenzo and Michael,

[The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, FL, 17 Jul 1965, Sat, Page 12]

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