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LAWRENCE GEORGE KOCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – November 26, 1968
Service recordLawrence George Koch, of Merrick, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 67
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 67
- MICHAEL GEORGE LANDKAMERCorporal · November 26, 1968
- DUANE ALLEN LIKKELSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- RONALD RAYMOND LOWRYLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
- RONALD JOHN MOEFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DALE BEESONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- CHARLES DENNISPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 65
- GEORGE ARTHUR SHAVIESSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 69
From Merrick
- JOEL MELNICKPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM CASEYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK DUGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · September 29, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD KREUSCHERSergeant · November 15, 1967
- ROBERT GARY PIAZZAPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- PAUL JAMES COATESLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
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.