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DOUGLAS LEE KONING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1945 – February 2, 1970
Service recordDouglas Lee Koning, of Holland, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 94
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Holland, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 94
- VICTOR OCASIO JRPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- DAVID LEROY JUDYSergeant · February 2, 1970
- JAMES KENT KIRKBYCorporal · February 2, 1970
- FRED JOSEPH LEBLANCSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- ERIC OAKLEY LEWISPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DIAMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 93
- JOHN DAVID GUILLENCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 93
From Holland
- JAMES WESLEY HINTZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MELVIN ELMER HOFFMANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GORDON DOUGLAS YNTEMASergeant · January 18, 1968
- DAVID BUURSMAFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT JAY WESTRATESergeant · June 7, 1968
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · August 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN KNOLLStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1968
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.