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DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – September 23, 1968
Service recordDennis William Koseba, of Southgate, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 69
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Southgate, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 69
- ROBERT WILLIAM HARRISLieutenant · September 23, 1968
- ALLAN FRED KOEBERNICKStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAISANOPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CLINTON SPENCERSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 2
From Southgate
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- DONALD RICHARD NORTH JRCorporal · June 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BRIAN RICHARD MCNEWSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- PATRICK EDWARD MCGOVERNCorporal · July 5, 1969
- JOHN KEITH ANDERSONSpecialist Five · August 10, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHNSON FRANKLINLance Corporal · September 16, 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.