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RAYMOND JIM KOZIK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – January 20, 1969
Service recordRaymond Jim Kozik, of East Bernard, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 42
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- East Bernard, Texas (Wharton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 42
- KENNETH RAE MCGUIRECorporal · September 28, 1968
- MIGUEL HEREDIAPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- OTIS KENNEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- FRED DUANE KESTERPrivate · January 20, 1969
- ALEXANDER KINGSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WALTER SMITHSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 45
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 46
From East Bernard
- FOSTER F TRIGGSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- FRANK GEORGE MICHULKASpecialist Four · December 20, 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.