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MICHAEL EARL KOONCE
Private · U.S. Army
August 8, 1948 – September 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Earl Koonce, of Ripley, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 83
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Ripley, Tennessee (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 83
- CHARLES WARNER BECKERPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- JOSEPH ALAN HOEKERSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WALTER CHURCHWELLSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 81
- DEWEY VERN RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 87
- LARRY EUGENE SWEETSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 87
From Ripley
- RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- CARL WAYNE SCALLIONSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- CHARLES CALVIN BURNSLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- JAMES AUBREY BLAKLEYLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- JAMES ERLEY MCGARRITY JRLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
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.