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JULIAN WAYNE COUCH
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 28, 1930 – February 23, 1967
Service recordJulian Wayne Couch, of Cedartown, Georgia, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1930
- Home of record
- Cedartown, Georgia (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 78
- JOHN LOUIS BYLONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WILLIAM BRENDELSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 77
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 79
- EARLEY JOSEPH MESSERCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 81
From Cedartown
- FRANKLIN CLOVISPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WILBURN EDWARD WESTERStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- RAY HOUSTON WOODSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- BRUCE SHERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- RAY MCKIBBENSergeant · December 6, 1968
- LANNY LAMAR WESSONSergeant · December 19, 1968
- DON LARRY ATKINSCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEROY ROGERSSergeant First Class · December 23, 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.