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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Frederick M Koss.

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FREDERICK M KOSS

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

June 6, 1946 – July 7, 1972

Service record

Frederick M Koss, of Bridgeport, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 7, 1972, in Thailand, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1W · Line 53

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 6, 1946
Home of record
Bridgeport, Ohio (Belmont County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 7, 1972
Age
26
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1972. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

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From Bridgeport

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.