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ALBERT LEWIS KOON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – May 15, 1969
Service recordAlbert Lewis Koon, of Lancaster, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 17
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Ohio (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 17
- JEROME DAVID JORGENSONSergeant · May 15, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL KIRKPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE ANDREW LAMOTHESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- TERRY LEE LESHSergeant · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · Panel 24W, Line 15
- JOHN GEORGE MASINSKIPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ARTHUR RAY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ANTHONY JOHN MINOTTISergeant · Panel 24W, Line 18
- ARTHUR JOSEPH MURRAY JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 24W, Line 18
From Lancaster
- WILLIAM THOMAS HAYNESPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- RUSSELL BURR LUKERStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- EDWARD LEE ROARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- RICHARD LEE KINGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DAVID ALLAN BARTLETTLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- HEBER JOSEPH MILLERSergeant · November 2, 1967
- JUNIOR LEE SCHRINERStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · February 20, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.