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JOHN ANTHONY KOCAK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1945 – December 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Anthony Kocak, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 45
- BEN HERVEY IDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1968
- ALTON DELANEY KELLOGGSergeant · December 19, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MAXWELLCorporal · December 19, 1968
- LAWRENCE ORTIZ JRCorporal · December 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GEORGE DANOWSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 44
- JAMES PERRY DELANEYSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 44
- WILLIAM JOHN PAHR JRSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 46
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 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.