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WILLIAM FREDERICK KOHLRUSCH
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
September 9, 1931 – April 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Frederick Kohlrusch, of Rochester, New York, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Born
- September 9, 1931
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 71
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE JOHNSONCorporal · April 1, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.