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GENE RAYMOND KOSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 21, 1939 – August 12, 1969
Service recordGene Raymond Koski, of Mohawk, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 16
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Mohawk, Michigan (Keweenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 16
- GARY LEE HOSKINSPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JAMES LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES KELLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- CECIL WAYNE LAMBERTLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JOSE LUIS FLORESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JONATHAN PAUL HASHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 15
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 19
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 21
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 23
- DON RICHARD SYKESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 25
- CHRISTOPHER C WEBSTERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 26
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 26
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.