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GEORGE C KOSOVICH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1945 – November 1, 1965
Service recordGeorge C Kosovich JR, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 2 INF
- Born
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 13
- GORDON SAMUEL HUGGINSPlatoon Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- RALPH WHEELER ONANASergeant · November 1, 1965
- JAMES VINCENT POTTKOTTERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- PETER RUZILA JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
From Bloomfield
- EDWARD L BIEBERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT SALMON BAGNALLCorporal · January 13, 1968
- DAVID HENRY DEFORGEFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
- BARRY JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 18, 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.