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RONALD LEE KOCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Koch, of Chelsea, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 60
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 60
- RONALD EUGENE KONWINSKIPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN KOWSKI JRFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ANDREW MARTIN LARSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- DUANE EDWARD LITZINGERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 50
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 66
- HAROLD GENE SHIRLEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 69
From Chelsea
- SCOTT PHILIP SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · September 17, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD KUSHMAUL JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
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.