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JOHN VINCENT KUCHTA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1948 – February 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Vincent Kuchta, of Warrior Run, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 72
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 RECON BN
- Born
- December 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Warrior Run, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 72
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 1969
- RAFAEL MELENDEZPrivate First Class · February 6, 1969
- WILLIAM STEPHEN OGDENSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES OHARASergeant First Class · February 6, 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.