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ROBERT EDMUND KOONCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1950 – August 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Edmund Koonce, of San Diego, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 5
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 17, 1950
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 5
- THOMAS EDWARD KESSING JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH KLIGAR IIISergeant · August 25, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL KOZLOWSKISpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JOHN DANIEL MALCOLMSergeant · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DANIEL MALCOLMSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 5
- JERROLD LOUIS VESEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 7
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.