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RICHARD KENNETH JOECKEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – August 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Kenneth Joecken, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1969, in Laos, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 2
- JOSE FRANCISCO JIMENEZLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- RICHARD EARL MARTINEZPetty Officer First Class · August 28, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN MCANINCHCorporal · August 28, 1969
- JOHNNY MUNOZSergeant · August 28, 1969
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.