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KENNETH EDWIN KOCH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1949 – January 28, 1970
Service recordKenneth Edwin Koch, of Macedon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Macedon, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- 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
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 75
- MICHAEL WOODROW HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1970
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 28, 1970
- JOHN MONROE JONES JRSergeant · January 28, 1970
- LEONARD CHARLES LEESERCaptain · January 28, 1970
From Macedon
- WALTER JOHN BERNREUTHERCaptain · April 5, 1968
- JONATHAN R BORTLESergeant · September 5, 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.