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DAVID MICHAEL KOZAK
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1947 – May 11, 1970
Service recordDavid Michael Kozak, of Hackensack, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Hackensack, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 18
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · May 11, 1970
- BRYAN THEOTIS KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 11, 1970
- ALBERT MILBURNStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1970
- DAVID MUNOZSergeant · May 11, 1970
From Hackensack
- JOHN D MORGANSergeant · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK GANDILPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JOHN COYLESpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- HAROLD JEROME DILLARDLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · April 30, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 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.