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MARVIN DAVID KOSTROSKI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – August 26, 1966
Service recordMarvin David Kostroski, of Schofield, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Schofield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 47
- PEDRO ROSARIO GUERREROStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- CHARLES E HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Five · August 26, 1966
- CARY MICHAEL KISHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 46
- JERRY WAYNE EDDYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 46
- PEDRO ROSARIO GUERREROStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 47
- CARY MICHAEL KISHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- DONALD VEARL STEINPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 48
From Schofield
- JACK HAROLD HARRISCommander · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN ALLARDLieutenant · August 30, 1967
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.