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KENNETH JOHN KOCH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – October 3, 1970
Service recordKenneth John Koch, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 109
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 109
- JIMMY WAYNE WESTBROOKSergeant · October 2, 1970
- JOHN HUTCHINGS WINBORNEFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1970
- STANLEY HOWARD BARRETTSergeant · October 3, 1970
- RALPH GILBERT BARTLEY JRSergeant First Class · October 3, 1970
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 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.