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TERRY KOHLER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 25, 1943 – August 12, 1972
Service recordTerry Kohler, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 12, 1972, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 63
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1972; 13 of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Ba Xugen Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 63
- PATRICK A DECK JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- HERBERT D STARKFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1972
- EDWARD JAMES BRUESergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
- MARSHALL B COLLINSLieutenant Commander · August 12, 1972
- JAMES WESLEY FULKMajor · August 12, 1972
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.