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WALTER HENRY KOSKY JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
October 10, 1943 – December 26, 1969
Service recordWalter Henry Kosky JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 26, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 94
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- October 10, 1943
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 94
- TERRY LEROY JOSLINPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- DAVID LLOYD KNOTTMajor · December 26, 1969
- MITCHELL MAGEE JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- GARY ORAL C MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.