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JOHN CLARENCE KOZUCH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 27, 1943 – October 3, 1972
Service recordJohn Clarence Kozuch, of Denton, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 20
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 44 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Denton, Texas (Denton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “44 TAC FTR SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 20
- DAVID ALLEN LYDICPrivate First Class · May 10, 1972
- GARY ROBERT MONTELEONESpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
- LARRY STEVEN MUSTINSpecialist Five · May 10, 1972
- TERRY DUANE NEISSSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
- DEAN ANTHONY PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GREGORY STROBLCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 125
From Denton
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSONSergeant · August 15, 1969
- RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- LAWRENCE RAY BARNSStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1970
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.