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JOEL R KOHLER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 18, 1946 – July 30, 1967
Service recordJoel R Kohler, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 52
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 52
- DENNIS KUZERCorporal · July 30, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY SPADAROLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- FLOYD GENE TREATPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM VAN HEARNSPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 51
- DENNIS KUZERCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 52
- TERRY LEROY WINTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 53
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.