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EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1949 – October 29, 1967
Service recordEdwin Matti Kahkonen JR, of Augusta, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 96
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Augusta, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 96
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- GEORGE W GABUROMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- LARRY RONALD HAVERSLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
From Augusta
- RICHARD W ARNOLDSpecialist Six · March 13, 1966
- GREGORY CORNELIUS QUINNPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- GILBERT STEVENS BELL JRSergeant · December 13, 1968
- RAYMOND JOSEPH BECHARDStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1969
- RONALD IRVING KIRKPATRICKSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES GOGGINSergeant · April 26, 1971
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.