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JACK RUSSELL KOONE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1942 – May 28, 1966
Service recordJack Russell Koone, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 114
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 114
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MULICKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LEROY ROBINSONPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- ALDON MACKAY ASHERMAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY REX BALLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- JAMES ANTHONY HARKLESSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 114
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
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.