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WALTER KOEPPE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – November 25, 1967
Service recordWalter Koeppe JR, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 85
- ROBERT EUGENE HOLDEMANMajor · November 25, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN CHRISTIAN LERCH JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · Panel 30E, Line 85
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.