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LAWRENCE HENRY KOCHER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1945 – April 4, 1968
Service recordLawrence Henry Kocher, of West Milford, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1945
- Home of record
- West Milford, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 6
- JOHN RICHARD KEMPERCorporal · April 4, 1968
- CHARLES LEE KINGSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- TOMMY DUANE KNAPPStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1968
- FRANKLIN ONEIL LEGGETTCorporal · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GERALD ELGINStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 2
- TAHER FATHI GHAISSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 3
- DANIEL GUARDADOSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- LEO BRENT GUNNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 4
- RAYMOND JUNIOR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 5
- ROBERT JOSEPH MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 7
- JERRY WAYNE SHAINSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 11
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 11
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.