KENNETH LEROY KOSTER

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/16/1967

Photo of Kenneth Koster during Basic Training

Photo courtesy of Manuel Cazares Company A 1/22 Infantry 1966-67

Army - SP4 - E4

Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Dec 18, 1945
From: ATLANTA, GA
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Single

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jul 21, 1966
Casualty was on Feb 16, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 15E - Line 46

Kenneth Koster was killed in a battle with NVA forces during Operation Sam Houston,
at grid reference YA598614, approximately 27 kilometers west/northwest of Plei Djereng airfield.

SP4 Kenneth L. Koster's decorations

Above and left:

Kenneth Koster in Vietnam

Photos from the video by Karla*

Kenny Koster

Photo from the video by Karla*

Rubbing of Kenneth Koster's name from the Vietnam Memorial Wall

Photo from the video by Karla*

Kenneth L Koster is buried at the Garden of Faith Section Lot 146 Grave 1

Greenwood Cemetery, located at 1173 Cascade Circle SW, Atlanta, Fulton County,Georgia

Grave marker for Kenneth L. Koster

* For a moving video tribute to Kenneth Koster presented by his niece Karla,
click on the following link:

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

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