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BRIAN ROBERT KOEHN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1950 – January 4, 1971
Service recordBrian Robert Koehn, of Campbellsport, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Campbellsport, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 25
- JONATHAN TRAXLER WILSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
- ROBERT ALAN DOTENFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1971
- GLEN CHARLES KLEINLance Corporal · January 4, 1971
- BOBBIE LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · January 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALAN DOTENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 25
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.