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WILLIAM EDWIN KOEHLER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1944 – May 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edwin Koehler, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 13
- GARY LEE LANTZSergeant · May 16, 1968
- ALVIN ANTHONY MACK JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- HOMER LANDUS MEDLEYPlatoon Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES RUSSELL J MENTONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.