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LANCE JACK KOHANKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordLance Jack Kohanke, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 13
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- BARRY EDWIN KARGERLieutenant (junior grade) · May 14, 1968
- DANIEL DUANE KEYESMaster Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH KLINESpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD THOMAS DOGGETTPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- RICHARD JOSEPH GUERREROSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 11
- JOHNNY JOE HONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 60E, Line 12
- JESUS MEJIAPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 14
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.