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JOHN PETER KOOB
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 30, 1931 – December 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Peter Koob, of Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 35
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (411A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 30, 1931
- Home of record
- Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 35
- JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLAFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- JOHN RAYMOND HARTKEMEYERPetty Officer Second Class · December 17, 1968
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · December 17, 1968
- JOHN DAVID KROUSLISFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NEIL ROBERT BURNHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 33
- RICHARD GUY DRAKESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 34
- JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 35
- THOMAS MARK KUPIECSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY MASCARENASSpecialist Five · Panel 36W, Line 36
- GEORGE WINSTON MORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- FRANK NORMAN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 37
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 37
From Lake Hiawatha
- DONALD LEE WICKLINE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.