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SIDNEY KEITH KOGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1950 – May 16, 1970
Service recordSidney Keith Koger, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 1, 1950
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 51
- DAVID WILLIAM HENSELSergeant · May 16, 1970
- DOUGLAS ERNEST HOBBSPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1970
- WALTER LEE HUFFMANCorporal · May 16, 1970
- DAVID LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.