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EUGENE JOHN GEORGE KOCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1948 – March 22, 1969
Service recordEugene John George Kock, of Breda, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 12
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Breda, Iowa (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 12
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT PATRICK ILSLEYSpecialist Five · March 22, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE MCAFERTYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- GILBERT ELLIS MCDANIELHospitalman · March 22, 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.