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RICHARD DENNIS KOSAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordRichard Dennis Kosar, of Park Ridge, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 10
- GERALD EUGENE KINGCorporal · May 10, 1968
- DAVID LYNN KIRKEBYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · May 10, 1968
- CALVIN RAY LEESergeant · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GERALD BEHANSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 4
- LEROY CONESergeant · Panel 58E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 7
- PAUL EDWARD JACKSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 9
- ROBERT MILTON JACOBSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 9
- RAUL SERRANO-ECHEVARRIAPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 9
- OLIVER KASPER KORANDOSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 10
- WILLIAM JOHN MOLTZANSpecialist Five · Panel 58E, Line 12
- DAVID MICHAEL POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 13
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 13
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 15
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · Panel 58E, Line 15
- JOSE LOUIS VIERASCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 17
- RANDOLPH RECARDO WILKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 17
From Park Ridge
- ROBERT C BOICOURTSpecialist Four · June 22, 1966
- ALLEN GEORGE FRENCHLance Corporal · August 15, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- BRUCE JONATHAN ROTHLance Corporal · December 29, 1967
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN DONAHUECorporal · August 22, 1970
- GLEN ALAN FIESTERPrivate First Class · September 8, 1970
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.