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DENNIS BEN KOUHNS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – January 30, 1968
Service recordDennis Ben Kouhns, of Ogden, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Ogden, Iowa (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 74
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- MARCELLO JAMES LOFAROSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 66
- ROBERT WAYNE FORKLSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 70
- PAUL EDGAR GERLACHPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 70
- RICHARD THEODORE HEIMESSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 72
- LOUIS CANCIAN GROVESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 73
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 75
- PETE MELNICKSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 76
- RICHARD FRED RIALSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 80
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.