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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Jon Kosanke.

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PAUL JON KOSANKE

Sergeant · U.S. Army

July 6, 1948 – April 29, 1970

Service record

Paul Jon Kosanke, of Eldora, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 11W · Line 68

Position of Panel 11W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Field Artillery Basic (13A)
Unit (as recorded)
A BTRY 2 BN 94 ARTY
Born
July 6, 1948
Home of record
Eldora, Iowa (Hardin County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 29, 1970
Age
21
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

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28 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Eldora

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.