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NOBE RAY KOONTZ JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 25, 1938 – August 17, 1968
Service recordNobe Ray Koontz JR, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 33
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 25, 1938
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 33
- MICKY RAY HIGHLANDERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM IGERTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- DAVID STEVEN LASSITERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- LOREN VICTOR LEEPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 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.