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ROY ROBERT KOENIG
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 29, 1947 – October 7, 1968
Service recordRoy Robert Koenig, of Rosedale, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 25
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Rosedale, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 25
- JAMES RANDALL JONESSpecialist Four · October 7, 1968
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1968
- JOSE L MONTESCorporal · October 7, 1968
- JOHN EARL POLINGStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 23
- RAMON AGUILAR FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 23
- JOSEPH ELLIS GUENTHERPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 24
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 25
- WALTER GARLAND RICE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 26
- WILLIAM CONRAD SHUMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 27
- KENNETH HOWARD SILLSCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 27
From Rosedale
- BRADLEY JAMES CARSONPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM ROSOLIECorporal · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEONARD JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- JAMES KEVIN KELLYLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD BOONESpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.