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THOMAS MICHAEL KOCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1944 – May 28, 1966
Service recordThomas Michael Koch, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 113
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 113
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- JIMMY REX BALLPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS GLYNNESecond Lieutenant · May 28, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY HARKLESSPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- ROY MITCHELL JONESSpecialist Five · May 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY REX BALLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- JAMES ANTHONY HARKLESSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 113
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 114
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 114
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 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.