Grave
marker application for Sgt Lavanda W. Coleman, Jt. to be installed in
Memorial Park Cemetery, Tampa (Hillsborough), FL.
:Lavanda graduated from George S. Middleton High School,
Tampa, FL on 15 May 1957. In
February,1960 he married Shirley Yvonne Marshall in Hillsborough county,
FL. Lavanda enlisted in the U.S.
Army on 17 October 1963 and following jump school was assigned to
Company C, 1st Battalion, 508th PIR.
On 15 June 1965, Sgt Coleman was killed in action in the
Dominican Republic His military
decorations include the Silver Star, Purple Heart and the Combat
Infantryman Badge. |