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JOHN A KOLWYCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – August 19, 1969
Service recordJohn A Kolwyck, of Darden, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Darden, Tennessee (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 69
- FRANCIS EMIL BRANCHEAU IIPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- DONALD GENE LANHAMLance Corporal · August 19, 1969
- STEWART JAMES LAVIGNECorporal · August 19, 1969
- BOBBY JOE LIKENSSergeant · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOHN ASHNAULTSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 65
- FRANCIS EMIL BRANCHEAU IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 69
- BOBBY JOE LIKENSSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 69
- JOSEPH PATRICK MOBUSPrivate · Panel 19W, Line 71
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 74
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.