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MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 16, 1945 – January 29, 1966
Service recordMichael J Kochendorfer, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 111
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 111
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY RAMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- THOMAS ANDREW LAWSONPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JOHN EARL LAYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BURDICK FIELLERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 108
- HOWARD ALLEN SEILHEIMERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 114
- MELVIN JAMES STOCKDALESpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 115
- ROBERT EUGENE STPETERMajor · Panel 4E, Line 115
- ALLAN JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 117
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.