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ANDREW FRANK KOKESH
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 5, 1946 – June 21, 1969
Service recordAndrew Frank Kokesh, of Aitkin, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 106
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO RECON PLT 5 BN 46 INF 198 LIB AMER DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Aitkin, Minnesota (Aitkin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO RECON PLT 5 BN 46 INF 198 LIB AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 106
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD LEE KERKHOFFSpecialist Five · June 21, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MALONECorporal · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY G ENDICOTTCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 104
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MALONECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 106
- ROBERT NOZEWSKICorporal · Panel 22W, Line 107
From Aitkin
- JAMES WARREN ARVIDSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1968
- RANDALL JAMES WICKLACESpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
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.