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WILLIAM HOWARD KUSCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – August 10, 1970
Service recordWilliam Howard Kusch, of Fairview, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 100
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairview, Oklahoma (Major County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 100
- DANNY LEO EVANSPrivate First Class · August 10, 1970
- ANDREW JOSEPH FRITSCH IIIStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1970
- STEPHEN THOMAS HENNESSYCorporal · August 10, 1970
- ANTHONY GEORGE KUBELUS JRSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOSEPH FRITSCH IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 100
- STEPHEN THOMAS HENNESSYCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 100
From Fairview
- DONALD HENRY MIKULECKYSergeant · November 26, 1967
- MELVIN DEWAYNE SODOWSKYSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 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.