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JOHN LEE KOEBKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 25, 1944 – April 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Lee Koebke, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 49
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 49
- PAUL NOBLE LARSONWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1968
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- ARTHUR JAMES LORDMajor · April 19, 1968
- CARLOS ALBERTO MARCANOCorporal · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES C BEARDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 44
- DAVID KIM DEETERPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 45
- KEVEN THOMAS DIREENPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 46
- WILLFORD LEON DYERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 46
- JUAN GOMEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 47
- DENNIS RAY HARTPENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 48
- EDWARD THOMAS MELLO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 50
- JERRY VERNON MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 51
- JENIES ISAAC MOBLEYSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- TOMMY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 3
- RUSSELL LEE THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 3
- FREDDIE WHITAKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- RICKEY LEE CHRANLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
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.