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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Harry Glenn Koyl.

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HARRY GLENN KOYL

Sergeant · U.S. Army

March 18, 1946 – May 7, 1968

Service record

Harry Glenn Koyl, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 56E · Line 26

Position of Panel 56E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
9 INF DIV
Born
March 18, 1946
Home of record
Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 7, 1968
Age
22
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 56E, Line 26

Same unit, same day

From Detroit

All 525 names from Detroit →

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.