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JOHN ALBERT KOZACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Albert Kozach, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Performing Arts Specialist (03B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 24
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GREGORY P KERNAHAN JRCaptain · March 6, 1968
- EDDIE KITCHEN JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- DAVID JOHN LATRAILLESpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LYNN ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 17
- JERE DOUGLAS FARNOWSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 18
- RICHARD E SALDANASpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 33
- ARLIE TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 37
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.