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DANIEL KAYE KOHL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – March 31, 1970
Service recordDaniel Kaye Kohl, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 63
- RAYMOND C MEEKINSSergeant · March 31, 1970
- KIMBALL HAYES SHELDONSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN SHRINERStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1970
- JACK RAE SMITHSergeant · March 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL THOMAS BURRIERSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 62
- HARRY ELLIS HAYESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 62
- THOMAS JOHN SHRINERStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 63
- NEWTON LEE TAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 64
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.