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JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1943 – October 28, 1965
Service recordJeffry Letson Kockritz, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 2
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 2
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
- JAMES GEORGE LEECaptain · October 28, 1965
- LARRY PAUL LUSSIERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BELTON LYLES JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM A SLAUGHTER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 1
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 2
- LARRY PAUL LUSSIERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 2
- BELTON LYLES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 2
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 3
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
- HAROLD GRANVILLE HUGHARTPrivate · January 29, 1966
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.