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EDWARD STEPHEN KOCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 7, 1949 – October 19, 1969
Service recordEdward Stephen Koch, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 91
- ALLEN FRANCIS KEATINGSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- PETER JAMES MOLDENHAUERLance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- JAMES EARL PETTIJOHNPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- JOHN PAUL SOUTHWICKPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 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.