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RODNEY HOWARD KOEHNE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1938 – April 13, 1968
Service recordRodney Howard Koehne, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 43
- ROBERT LEE DODSWORTHPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GLENNIS RAY KELLAMSStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- ALAN ARTHUR KETTNERSecond Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.