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RICHARD ALLEN KOSKY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1946 – December 20, 1966
Service recordRichard Allen Kosky, of Cicero, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Cicero, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 64
- PEDRO HERNANDEZ JRPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ALAN KUPREVICHCorporal · December 20, 1966
- DALTON BUSTER LOWERYLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS LUCASCaptain · December 20, 1966
From Cicero
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 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.