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JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1945 – May 22, 1966
Service recordJohn Edward Kochensparger, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- May 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 102
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- GERALD DONALD HOOVERSergeant · May 22, 1966
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ALLAN JAMES KOROMLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
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.