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JOHN JOSEPH KOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1948 – January 26, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Kos, of Rockdale, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 69
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockdale, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 69
- THOMAS ANDREW MADDEN IICaptain · January 26, 1970
- DENNIS WESLEY MOORESergeant · January 26, 1970
- RAYMOND PLATEROPrivate First Class · January 26, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM READYSergeant · January 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS MATTHEW AUDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 68
- RAYMOND PLATEROPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 69
- LARRY SCOTT RUTHERFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 70
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.