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MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 11, 1947 – September 29, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Koller, of Stillwater, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Stillwater, Minnesota (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 29
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN KELLER JRCorporal · September 29, 1967
- ROGER VIRGIL KELLEYLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LAWREN MCDANIELSSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 31
- BOBBY JAMES SHELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 31
From Stillwater
- BRIAN CHARLES BROWNCorporal · February 19, 1967
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- JEREMIAH D MCGARRYWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · March 2, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MACKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- JAMES RUSSELL HICKSStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1971
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.