The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Roman Willies Coates
Rank
Corporal, U.S. Army
Unit
B BTRY 503 FA BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
January 30, 1951
Corporal Coates was a member of Battery B, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War by the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died as a prisoner on January 30, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.