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DALE FRANCIS KOONS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 13, 1946 – September 25, 1971
Service recordDale Francis Koons, of Eaton, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on September 25, 1971, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 92
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Eaton, Ohio (Preble County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 25, 1971
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1971. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 92
- LAWRENCE GENE STOLZMajor · June 29, 1971
- VINCENT EDWARD GALKASpecialist Four · December 26, 1971
- ALBERT SIMON ROBALIN JRSpecialist Five · December 28, 1971
- FREDERICK LEE HOLMESCommander · December 30, 1971
From Eaton
- GARY GENE LINCOLNPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GORDON L GOINSCorporal · January 10, 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.