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JAMES KEVIN KOEHLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1947 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJames Kevin Koehler, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 89
- THOMAS MICHAEL HANRATTYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT HICKSSergeant · June 11, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN KLEMMColonel · June 11, 1967
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- RICHARD CURTISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT STANLEY CROKELance Corporal · April 27, 1968
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.