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WILSON COUCH KOEHLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – February 8, 1970
Service recordWilson Couch Koehler, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 116
- JAMES LINWOOD BRITTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- JOSEPH WAYNE MCDONALDLance Corporal · February 8, 1970
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
- GREGORY PAUL WAKULICHPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- WAYNE KARL WOODLANDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARMON ODELL DONALD JRCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 115
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.