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EDWIN LEE KOENIG
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
February 20, 1934 – December 14, 1966
Service recordEdwin Lee Koenig, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 45
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAW 12 USS ROOSEVELT CVA 42
- Born
- February 20, 1934
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VAW 12 USS ROOSEVELT CVA 42”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13E, Line 45
- LEAMON RAY LADDPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RICHARD LYNN MOWREYLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS NEWELLLieutenant · December 14, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ALLAN HOLMANLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 13E, Line 44
- RICHARD LYNN MOWREYLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 13E, Line 45
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.