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JOHN JAMES KOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1949 – February 9, 1970
Service recordJohn James Kos, of Canfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Canfield, Ohio (Mahoning County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 118
- GEORGE ALBIAN JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · February 9, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE PFEIFERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1970
- BURTON KIMBALL WALKERSergeant First Class · February 9, 1970
- BILLIE JOE WILSONStaff Sergeant · February 9, 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.