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FRANKLIN LEROY KOCH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1943 – May 28, 1969
Service recordFranklin Leroy Koch, of Wheaton, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 9
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Officer (0663)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN
- Born
- June 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Wheaton, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 9
- STEVE FREEMAN GRUBBCorporal · May 28, 1969
- ALBERT HILERIO JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- KEITH BRIAN JANKEStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1969
- EDWARD THOMAS KIEZKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD THOMAS KIEZKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 9
From Wheaton
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- DONALD FREDERICK GIBSONStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BLASENLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- FLOYD WARREN OLSENLieutenant Colonel · April 21, 1968
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JOHN SHELBY POOLERSpecialist Four · November 29, 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.