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NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1944 – May 8, 1965
Service recordNickolas Ray Koehler, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 112
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 112
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN KARDELLLieutenant · May 9, 1965
- ROGER J MCALLISTER JRSergeant · May 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
From Mason City
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- ANTHONY EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 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.