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JAMES WILLARD KOOI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1948 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJames Willard Kooi, of Fruitport, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 90
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
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 FOR RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Fruitport, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 FOR RECON CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 90
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER LOWESpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
- EDWARD ROY LUKERTSergeant · June 11, 1967
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · June 11, 1967
- MANUEL GUALVERTO MONTALVOSpecialist Four · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 87
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 87
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · Panel 21E, Line 89
- JIM EDWIN MOSHIERCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 91
- JAMES EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 93
From Fruitport
- BRUCE STEPHEN LAPORTEHospitalman · February 20, 1967
- DANNY PAUL RIESBERGCorporal · July 5, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE VANDONKELAARCorporal · August 30, 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.