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WILLIAM JOSEPH KOLENC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – March 7, 1969
Service recordWilliam Joseph Kolenc, of Smithton, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Smithton, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 66
- JAMES EDWARD KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- ADOLF J KROISENBACHERLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID DANIEL LAYNESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAY BARRY GILPINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 64
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.