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KENNETH JOSEPH KOSOWSKI
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 31, 1947 – August 21, 1970
Service recordKenneth Joseph Kosowski, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 127
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 127
- JAMES EDWARD HOLDERStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1970
- BEN ODELL JOHNSONSergeant · August 21, 1970
- ROBERT WEST LANCASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1970
- RONALD WILLIAM MUNGERSergeant · August 21, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.