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ROGER JOSEPH KOSTKA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1950 – June 1, 1970
Service recordRoger Joseph Kostka, of Algoma, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 131
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Algoma, Wisconsin (Kewaunee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 131
- RICKEY LAYNE JERGENSONPrivate First Class · June 1, 1970
- ROBERT DIAS LOPEZPetty Officer Second Class · June 1, 1970
- DAVID CAMPBELL MOSSNERStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1970
- JOHN MARTIN MULCAHYLieutenant · June 1, 1970
From Algoma
- STEVEN OWEN PERLEWITZCorporal · February 26, 1967
- JACK RAYMOND RUSHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
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.