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WALTER ALLEN KOEHLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1946 – March 11, 1969
Service recordWalter Allen Koehler, of Carlyle, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 11
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 79 ENG GRP
- Born
- February 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Carlyle, Illinois (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 11
- WILLIAM BICKERS TERRYMaster Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- VINCENT GENE LEWSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · March 11, 1969
- JEAN D MARTINSergeant · March 11, 1969
- DOYCE GENE MILLERLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
From Carlyle
- DENNIS LEE PEEKFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1970
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.