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DAREN LEE KOENIG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1948 – April 6, 1969
Service recordDaren Lee Koenig, of Hannibal, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hannibal, Missouri (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 25
- LAWRENCE ARCHIE HILKINPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN KELLYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- MELVIN LEESpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL LYONSSpecialist Five · April 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DON BECKStaff Sergeant · Panel 27W, Line 23
From Hannibal
- ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMANSergeant First Class · December 8, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL MOYERSPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- THOMAS MONTGOMERY SMITHSergeant · April 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · March 29, 1970
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.