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GEORGE GERALD KOKOSH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – May 11, 1968
Service recordGeorge Gerald Kokosh, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 23
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · May 11, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE MENCONISecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL KENT CULBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 18
- PATRICK VINCEN FITZGERALDPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 18
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- WILLIE FRANK GARNERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- TOMMY WAYNE JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 24
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 26
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.