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CARL NOEL KOZMA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – February 22, 1969
Service recordCarl Noel Kozma, of Hicksville, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 79
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Hicksville, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 79
- RICHARD PRESTON HODGESCorporal · February 22, 1969
- ANTHONY LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- VICTOR MODESTO JOUVERTPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RAY GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 78
- FREDERICK W KULICKE IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 80
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 83
- DONALD VINCENT SALLERPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 83
- RONALD CLIFTON WEEMSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 85
From Hicksville
- PAUL DOUGLAS WALKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- WILLIAM CHOMYKFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1968
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- RALPH SCHIAVONEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST RAUSCHMajor · April 16, 1970
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STOLZ JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1970
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 1971
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.