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LUDWIG PETER KOHLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1925 – July 26, 1965
Service recordLudwig Peter Kohler, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1925
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1965
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 43
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 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.