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KENNETH BRUCE KOHEI KOZAI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1943 – November 29, 1969
Service recordKenneth Bruce Kohei Kozai, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 5
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- October 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 5
- JACK DALE KNEPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 29, 1969
- MELVIN LEDERMANCommander · November 29, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN LEFFLERCorporal · November 29, 1969
- CLARENCE LOGWOODSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.