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ANTONINE GEORGE KOCIPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1945 – May 3, 1966
Service recordAntonine George Kociper, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 20
- VIRGIL LINDQUISTAirman Second Class · May 3, 1966
- ANGELO FRANCIS MICHELLISergeant First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 19
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 20
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 21
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 22
From Bridgeport
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- LESTER ROBERT ATHERDENLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AUBINChief Petty Officer · May 26, 1966
- GEORGE RICHARD FITZGERALDSecond Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- FRANK DEBERNARDO JRChief Petty Officer · November 16, 1966
- WILLIAM D CARSONStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- JOHN JAMES KATONA JRHospitalman · June 2, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO VELEZAirman · July 29, 1967
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.