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WILLIAM HARMON KOHO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1947 – March 14, 1967
Service recordWilliam Harmon Koho, of Bend, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 79
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 79
- THOMAS EDWARD GARSIDESpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- EDWIN NEWLIN HOLLOWAY IIIPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- BURLON TALMAGE HONEYCUTTSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- ORVILLE NELSON JONESSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
From Bend
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD KLAWITTERLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD JERRY HORNBACKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
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.