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DALE ROY KOCH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – June 30, 1967
Service recordDale Roy Koch, of Johnstown, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Nebraska (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 89
- LARRY DEE MCKINNONLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- NOEL STEVEN NELSONHospitalman · June 30, 1967
- BRUCE GORDON OCKEYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN POOLPrivate First Class · June 30, 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.