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DENNIS EARL KOCH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 5, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordDennis Earl Koch, of Center Valley, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Center Valley, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 15
- LARRY FRANK HUNTHospitalman · January 29, 1969
- JOHN RICHARD KAAWALance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- FRANK MICHAEL KOERNERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- SAMUEL DAVID REEVES JRLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
From Center Valley
- RICHARD JOHN KAUFFMANSpecialist Four · April 9, 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.