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FRANZ JOSEPH KOLBECK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1944 – March 4, 1966
Service recordFranz Joseph Kolbeck, of Deerfield, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 106
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Deerfield, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 106
- DAHL JAMES LAPORTESergeant · August 24, 1965
- WILBUR GLEN KIRCHOFFSergeant · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT BERG LABBEPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JACK WAYNE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- FRANK LOPEZ JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
From Deerfield
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEROSAPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- WILLIAM GREGORY LANDONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT KITTRIDGE VARICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- ROGER ZIMMERMANStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK MCGUIRELance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- RALPH LEIGH BLAUVELTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ALLEN EDWIN OLSONSpecialist Five · February 20, 1969
- WILLIAM ERIC SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.