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RODGER MAGNUS KOEFOD
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 7, 1948 – April 27, 1969
Service recordRodger Magnus Koefod, of Moscow, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Moscow, Idaho (Latah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 64
- DANIEL ARTHUR KEENEPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY KINDLESergeant · April 27, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS LEARYLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
- WENDELL WAYNE LESLIESpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER CORBIN CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 60
From Moscow
- HARRY MILTON BRENNMajor · April 13, 1967
- MICHAEL HARRIS PAINTERPetty Officer First Class · August 8, 1969
- LEONARD LEE BROENNEKESergeant · June 14, 1971
- RONALD BENTON RUEPPELFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1971
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.