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DONALD EDWARD KOELPER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1931 – February 16, 1964
Service recordDonald Edward Koelper, of Northbrook, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1964, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- August 21, 1931
- Home of record
- Northbrook, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1964
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1964; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1964, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 43
- ARTHUR WAYNE GLOVERSpecialist Four · February 9, 1964
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
From Northbrook
- JAMES JAY HEALEYPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- DONALD JOSEPH RIONPetty Officer Third Class · December 10, 1966
- ROJELIO BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 4, 1967
- RAND RUSSELL MERKERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
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.