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JERRY JOSEPH KOCANDA III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1949 – May 21, 1969
Service recordJerry Joseph Kocanda III, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 67
- EDWARD JOSEPH HOGANSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
- THOMAS PETER JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- ALBERT JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD LOGUE JRCorporal · May 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL KENNETH L DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 64
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- PETER JOHN GLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 65
- JOHN WAYNE RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 70
- LYNN DOYLE SHUGARTPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 71
- ROBERT LEE VAUGHN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 73
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.